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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Keefer [mailto:chort@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 3:46 PM
> To: Don Hiatt
> Cc: ppc@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: 100M Ethernet PCI card recommendations
>
>
> On Jul 3, 2008, at 3:22 PM, Ian McWilliam wrote:
>
> >
> > I'm sure I used fxp (intel 8255* series) successfully. The built-in
> > BMAC ethernet harware is such a dud implementation that it needs so
> > many software work arounds, it not funny.
> > Ian McWilliam
> >
>
> I second the vote for 8255[789] based card. I used to buy 82559s by
> the dozen and just toss them in any system I built. I've never had a
> problem with one and I've managed to push them to near full wire
> speed. My firewall at home (Pentium Pro 200) has 3 82559s in it and
> it's been running for several years with only a single crash (IDE-
> related).
>
> I haven't tried running them in a G4, but if they support normal PCI
> cards just fine, it should work.
>
> --
> bk
Ian and Brian, thank you both very much. I'll give those intel based
cards a try.
Cheers!
don
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