gavin@mit-caf.MIT.EDU (Gavin C. H. Zau) (09/24/90)
can anyone please enlighten me on which is the best ethernet board for PCNFS (on 386 pcs)? Currently we use the 3c501 because it is cheap. Is there any advantages to the more expensive ones eg 3c503??? Thanks. -- **************************************************************** Gavin Zau Dept of Chemical Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA gavin@caf.mit.edu ****************************************************************
jeffw@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Jeffrey H. West) (09/27/90)
In article <5144@mit-caf.MIT.EDU> gavin@mit-caf.UUCP (Gavin C. H. Zau) writes: > > can anyone please enlighten me on which is the best >ethernet board for PCNFS (on 386 pcs)? Currently we use the >3c501 because it is cheap. Is there any advantages to the >more expensive ones eg 3c503??? Thanks. > The best advantage that I have found is in the configurability of the 3c503. The 3c503 is software configurable (VECIE6.SYS line in config.sys) for IRQ, DMA and Xcvt type. The only jumpers are for I/O address and Memory, but I have never had to change the memory jumper (default is mem disable) and I have only once had to change the I/O address from the default (300). -- Jeffrey West -- ############################################### # Jeffrey H. West # # email: jeffw@ddsw1.MCS.COM # ###############################################
rhoward@msd.gatech.edu (Robert L. Howard) (09/27/90)
In <1990Sep27.032504.321@ddsw1.MCS.COM> jeffw@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Jeffrey H. West) writes: >In article <5144@mit-caf.MIT.EDU> gavin@mit-caf.UUCP (Gavin C. H. Zau) writes: >> >> can anyone please enlighten me on which is the best >>ethernet board for PCNFS (on 386 pcs)? .... >The best advantage that I have found is in the configurability of the 3c503. >The 3c503 is software configurable (VECIE6.SYS line in config.sys) for >IRQ, DMA and Xcvt type. The only jumpers are for I/O address and Memory.... You might also look at the Western Digital cards (what ever the equivalent to the 8003e is). They are as configurable and I have heard as much as twice as fast as the 3Com ones. They also have a 16-bit card that works with PC-NFS (in 8-bit mode now, w/ the next version of PC-NFS supporting the 16-bit operation, I think). They are also significantly cheaper (in our experience). Robert -- | Robert L. Howard | Georgia Tech Research Institute | | rhoward@msd.gatech.edu | MATD Laboratory | | (404) 528-7165 | Atlanta, Georgia 30332 | | UUCP: ...!{allegra,amd,hplabs,ut-ngp}!gatech!msd!rhoward |