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On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Gregory T. Weber wrote:
> Of course the farther away
> the slower.
Eh? We're talking about a single, contiguous cable, right? How does a
longer distance make it slower? If this is the case, I'm curious why.
> Thought the whole point was that it would run on existing copper, but oh
> well.
I think it needs a minimum quality of copper. Some areas have some really
old copper (Phoenixville wouldn't suprise me).
> I need to get a couple of NICs, one for my wife's Windows 98 box and one for my RH
> 6.1 box. Any suggestions?
I've got a room full of 3COM 3C905BTX cards (10/100 PCI). I've been very
happy with them so far. I'm not sure how much they cost, I bought them as
part of the system's they're in (gotta love when the boss says "buy name
brand components"). Make sure that you emphasize the "B", though. If you
get a "C", you'll get a fully managed NIC, remote bootable and everything.
The only reason I'd say avoid it is that it tended to act flakey on me.
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