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["James Miller (office)" <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

Well, I have a card with the Intel 82557 chip, but it's not onboard, but
is a separate pci NIC.  So far it seems to work fine with the Slack 7.1
eepro100 module.  Should I switch over to the one you're providing,
Steven?

James

On Thu, 5 Jun 2003 qwms-avib AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> The BL2 download site
> --------------------------------------
> http://www.basiclinux.com.ru/download/
> --------------------------------------
> has been off-line for a while (I don't know why),
> but it is now available again.  I have just added
> two files:  the new make_fd package I mentioned
> yesterday and a new network module: e100.o.  That
> module is for an onboard Intel 82557 UTP controller,
> which is commonly used to drive built-in 10/100 TX
> ports (eg. on the Compaq EN Deskpro).  Initially,
> the eepro100 module (which is in Slackware 7.1) was
> used for those controllers, but it was unreliable.
> The new e100 is much better.
>
> Cheers,
> Steven
>
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