Subject: Re: Rhine etherent chip
To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
From: Andrew Gillham <gillhaa@ghost.whirlpool.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 03/04/1999 10:10:43
Manuel Bouyer writes:
> 
> Hi,
> what do you people think of ethernet boards build around the Rhine
> chip (especially the  D-Link DFE530TX) ?
> I can't get tulip-based boards any more, so I need to find another
> standart ethernet board. As this is do build a network test lab, I'd
> need boards that don't suck too much :)

I think the NetGear FA310TX is still an excellent purchase.  The only
issue is that 'de' doesn't support it. :(  I believe Jason Thorpe
mentioned he was working on driver support for this chipset and the
PNIC (?) that is another TULIP clone chip.

-Andrew
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