Louie Tarpo wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:
MB> I can't see any reason why Linksys would have compatibility problems. 
MB> Usually, Linksys has more basic functionality problems, but it should be
MB> compatible if you can get it to work.
 LT> What sort of basic functionality problems?
They tend to die after about six months.  I don't know if it is heat or 
voltage transients, but perhaps 10% of the cards will fail in the first year. 
 For a large corporate network, this kind of thing can get very expensive.
 LT> I am totally 3com based, but my friends are LinkSys and
 LT> other odd brand based, the problem occurs when we combine
 LT> the networks about every 2 months for game  playing, since i
 LT> just got my hardware, we'll see how it acts early/mid Feb.
You should be able to connect 10Base-T hardware from any vendors.
 LT> What is the Max length a 10baseT cable can be?
By the book, you are allowed 90m between your wall jacks, with an allowance 
of 5m on each side between the wall jack and the NIC.  The maximum total 
length of a passive segment (that is, without a repeater) is 100m.
 
-- Mike
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