[Lincs] NIC for Debian Stable

MD barodato at gmail.com
Wed Dec 1 21:35:23 GMT 2004


On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 20:05:11 +0000, Stephen Paulger <aimaz at ivixor.net> wrote:
> I've used several different network cards in various Debian machines
> that I've just picked up for a couple of pounds from a second hand
> shop and all of the worked without any hassle.
> 
> I think all pci and isa cards should work with the standard drivers.
> 
> Steve
> 
> On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 20:17 +0100, Marc McGuinness wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I never had any problems with 3com 100Mbit/s network cards on Debian
> > stable 2.4.18.
> >
> > Marc
> >
> > Ben Francis wrote the following on 30.11.2004 17:05:
> > > Can anyone recommend a good network card which will work with Debian
> > > Stable for use on a reasonably small load web server?
> > >
> > > I'd like to buy one that I know will Just Work (TM) with the
> > > 2.4.18-bf2.4 kernel.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > tola ^/.
> Stephen Paulger <aimaz at ivixor.net>

I swear by anything based on the Realtek RTL8139, although I do also
use a D-Link jobby (I think its a DE 2000 or something) that works out
of the box... or at least its in every kernel I've used in the past 3
years. :)

-- 
Thanks,
-Matt Dancer <barodato at gmail dot com>



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