On Friday 14 September 2001 09:49, Glenn Williams wrote:
Hi, Group:
I am running SuSE 7.2 Personal edition on one machine, and SuSE 7.2 Professional Edition on a second machine.
I need a couple of Ethernet cards for a home-brew peer-to-peer network. I have a home network kit, which has a hub, cables, and 2 cards which bear no ID that I can match on the SuSE Hardware Compatibility List. The dilemma here is that I can't choose a make and model from the HCL; I have to already have a make and model number to *search for* in the HCL.
Can someone out there recommend a nic make and model number that's inexpensive, readily available, *and* listed by SuSE as compatible? I need a couple of 10/100 Ethernet cards with RJ45 connectors for twisted pair cable.
Oh, yes - in addition to the above, I don't know "sic 'em" about networking, if you haven't already guessed.
TIA
Regards,
Glenn
First, try never to buy anything in kit form. Second, don't go for "inexpensive". Instead, make sure that what you buy will suit your needs, be reliable, and work as expected. Search the web for information about networking (there is a lot), and then do some research to find out what brand of NIC you ought to buy. You might want to look at the Linux Hardware Database at http://lhd.datapower.com. Kevin -- Sleep is perhaps the only of life's great pleasures that need not be of short duration.