From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mxsf36.cluster1.charter.net ([209.225.28.161]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CoXhg-0007Io-00 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:53:45 -0500 Received: from mxip07.cluster1.charter.net (mxip07a.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.137]) by mxsf36.cluster1.charter.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j0C1rDTk005879 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:53:14 -0500 Received: from pc-24-151-13-200.newt1.ct.charter.com (HELO h14me.homelinux.net) (24.151.13.200) by mxip07.cluster1.charter.net with ESMTP; 11 Jan 2005 20:53:13 -0500 X-Ironport-AV: i="3.88,117,1102309200"; d="scan'208"; a="542551146:sNHT14053924" Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j0C1rDJm008718 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:53:13 -0500 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.12.11/8.12.10/Submit) id j0C1rDrk008717 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:53:13 -0500 Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:53:13 -0500 From: Alex Snow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20050112015313.GB8705@gmx.net> References: <6.2.0.14.0.20050111182409.01df1998@pop.voyager.net> <20050112001731.GY790@rednote.net> <000a01c4f83f$8f7f76e0$cc00a8c0@nickysp4> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000a01c4f83f$8f7f76e0$cc00a8c0@nickysp4> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Re: Ethernet Card X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 01:53:45 -0000 the newer 3coms arent very good but the older pci ones and most of the isa models are quite nice. I've been using 3c509s for years and they work great for 10mbps and I have some boxes with pci 3c595s and 3c905s that work quite well. On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 07:41:56PM -0500, nick G wrote: > Good Choice, Janina. I've got four computers over here, two have realtech > ethernet cards, two have ThreeCom. The ThreeCom's are not as good as the > realtech's, and one of the ThreeComs is gigabit. > Thanks, > Nick > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 7:17 PM > Subject: Re: Ethernet Card > > > If modprobe isn't finding your card, it may not be a card you can use, > after all. Sorry to say that, but then network cards can be had very > affordably these days. I bought a realtech 10/100 for $10 at a computer > fair some time ago, for instance. > > You might need to decide whether chasing this particular card, or just > replacing it is the smarter way to go. > > ace writes: > > Hello, > > > > I have a 3C505 Ethernet card (according to my friend who sent it to me). > I > > installed the card myself and tried > > ifconfig > > and > > ifconfig eth0 > > and it said device not found. So, I went to load the module: > > 3c59x > > which is a series module for a few more cards. After doing a modprobe on > > this, I still get the same results--cannot find the device. Are there any > > other modules that need to be applied to the kernel? > > > > Thanks > > Robby > > > > Network Administrator of > > irc.talkingirc.com > > http://www.talkingirc.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com > > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) > janina@freestandards.org http://a11y.org > > If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Linux! Guerrilla UNIX Development Venimus, Vidimus, Dolavimus. -- Mark A. Horton KA4YBR, mah@ka4ybr.com