Kingston KNE100TX

[Nicholas Edwards]

Just ordered 3 myself. They are 21140 AF and work with Linux.

I have mine running at 100baseTX full duplex, but the "FULL" LED doesnt
work unless I am using windows drivers. Please let me know how yours turn
out!

On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Steven N. Hirsch wrote:

> 
> 
> On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Apu wrote:
> 
> > > On Sat, 16 Jan 1999, Apu wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I'm looking for a new NIC (unless someone has a solution to my current
> > > > Netgear problem -- it's Rev. D-1 Netgear FA-310TX and no matter what
> > > > driver I use, you end up with 70-90% packet loss for any packet over 100
> > > > bytes on a 10 Mbps hub).
> > > > 
> > > > Anyone know if the Kingston KNE100TX is a real Tulip NIC still?  Or, is it
> > > > like the Netgear card where they changed to a "compatible" chip without
> > > > changing the part number?  If not this card, which?
> > 
> > Thanks to all who replied, either to me directly or to the list.
> > 
> > The summary goes that the Kingston card is still a true Tulip NIC and
> > a trouble-free one at that.  One respondant suggested other, less
> > expensive Tulips (Acer ALN310U and Samsung SC1200TX) as other options.
> 
> Datacomm Warehouse (www.warehouse.com) has the Samsung card for $22.00,
> and I've ordered three.  However, they are clueless about which chipset is
> on it.  Luckily, Samsung's web site also contains no information on the
> subject.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed :-).  
> 
> Steve
> 
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