[clug] PXE network cards recommendation?

Geoff Smith gsmith at geoffco.net
Thu Oct 2 23:31:35 EST 2003


eepro100 cards are pretty cheap on ebay... Usually ~$15 (2nd hand)

I've got about 50 machines booting off them at work, they work well.

Geoff

Pietro Abate wrote:
> I use intel epro100, but are not properly inexpensive...
> if budget is a problem you might also consider to use a
> pxe-less card and a floppy disk from etherboot.org
> 
> it's a quick solution and allows you to experiment with pxe before
> buying a real card.
> 
> p
> 
> On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 02:24:18PM +1000, Michael Still wrote:
> 
>>Hey,
>>
>>I'm after a recommendation for a PXE supporting network card which doesn't cost
>>too much money. Any recommendations for inexpensive ones?
>>
>>Failing that, I have cards with boot rom sockets. How involved is generating the
>>ROMs for them? I assume they're vendor specific?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Mikal
>>
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