--- Cleary_Mike@emc.com wrote:
Any advice on a good card to use w/ SuSE? Or is there much difference in cards?
Keep in mind that you get what you pay for, but here's my top 3: - Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 - Kingston - Linksys LNE100TX The best part about the Intel card is that if you ever have to dual-boot the machine with Windows *anything*, there's already a functional driver on the Windows CD. This applies to 98, 98SE, ME, and 2K in my experience; haven't seen XP yet. Kingston beat out Linksys by a nosehair, and this is only due to the fact that Linksys just changed chips a few months ago (about a year?). Both used to work with the generic tulip driver, but now the Linksys uses a Bridgecom transciever, which makes things a little different. SuSE handles both cards beautifully. Each will need drivers-on-floppies if you ever have to use Windows. I've never been a 3com fan; too much money for the same performance as Intel for all practical intents and purposes. SMC and D-Link make good products, I hear, but I've never dealt with them. Netgear never impressed me; Linksys was the same price, and they'd already proven themselves in my book. ===== -- -=|JP|=- Hit me! - http://www.xanga.com/cowboydren/ Jon Pennington | Debian 2.3 -o) cowboydren @ yahoo . com | Auto Enthusiast /\\ Kansas City, MO, USA | ICQ UIN 69 67 29 31 _\_V __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com