D1 vs. D2 (KMM42892C0KM) (fwd)

[Joe Robertson]

FYI.. for those of you with Netgears, thought this might be of interest :)

Joe

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu Aug 19 18:57:39 1999
From: NETGEAR Technical Support <netgear_support@baynetworks.com>
Subject: D1 vs. D2  (KMM42892C0KM)
Resent-Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 17:54:30 -0500 (CDT)
Resent-To: Joe Robertson <jfr1@shs.starkville.k12.ms.us>
Resent-Subject: D1 vs. D2  (KMM42892C0KM)

Hello,

Thanks for contacting NETGEAR technical support.
According to our engineers the D1 and D2 basically are the same design. 
D1 uses Level-one ST10040/LXT970 phy and the MAC controller 82C169B is 
designed to work with that particular
phy.  With D2 card, we modified the MAC controller (82C169C) to make it
work with the Broadcom PHY (BCM5202).  There is no performance variation

between the two cards.

-Michael Bailey
 Netgear Technical Support.