Hiya Peter,

21-Oct-99 22:01:42, Peter Knapper wrote to Dave Davidson
          Subject: Which LAN Card....
 DD>> Being new to OS/2 as well as networking, I have a "simple"
 DD>> hardware question.

 DD>> I'm building a machine for Warp 4 that I want to network with my
 DD>> WIN98 machines. I have Intel, 3Com and a couple of Generic
 DD>> Ethernet cards, both PCI and ISA available for use. Is one of
 DD>> these better suited for OS/2 than  the other?

 PK> I would go for the 3-Com. I have used heaps of 3C509's (ISA) and
 PK> several 3C905's (PCI) and they all worked fine. It wouldn't hurt
 PK> to visit the 3-Com web site and pick up the latest driver for your
 PK> card as well. OS/2 comes with 3-Com drivers but it helps to have
 PK> the latest. The PCI 3C905's are superb, no jumpering, no manual
 PK> configuring, just plug them in and load the driver via MPTS.

 PK> Hope this helps........pk.

 Yes it does.

 Thanks to you ans all the others that replied. It will help make the
 decision a bit easier.

 Thanks again.


 Have a GREAT one!

 Dave Davidson                        dad50@primary.net
                                      dad500@aol.com




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