[ale] Linux Network Driver

[Jim Philips]

The best source for network driver information is here:

http://www.scyld.com/network/

If they don't have it, thay have a link to it. If it's unsupported, they
will say so.


On Tue, 2002-02-12 at 12:11, jeff hubbs wrote:
> Tony Ucedavelez wrote:
> 
> > I've inherited yet another computer clunker and am going to use it as a new 
> > NFS server.  I'm going through the painful driver search process for the 
> > network card, an HP PC LAN Adapter/ 16 TP, but with no luck.  I've searched 
> > for days including most of the driver websites, but have only been able to 
> > locate Win drivers download sites.
> > 
> > I have RH7.2 on my new inheritance, but does anyone know if another distro 
> > has traditionally worked more with HP manufactured devices?
> > 
> > 
> > Antonio 
> 
> 
> Tony -
> 
> 
> I have worked with an older PCI-bus HP adapter before.  It was a Fast 
> Ethernet card, but as FE was just coming to the fore at the time, HP 
> kind of invoked their own spin (the cards were called AnyLan or some 
> such).  They did not necessarily work all that well with anyone's 
> Ethernet concentration equipment other than HP's; IIRC, it refused to go 
> FE or full duplex with a Bay Networks switch.
> 
> If that isn't applicable in this case, you may need to try to ID the 
> card by chipset.  It may be a common chipset.
> 
> - Jeff
> 
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