[oclug] Networking for a newbie

[William Bradley]

On Fri, 2002-08-02 at 19:49, Rod Giffin wrote:

> Regarding network cards, my personal preference is for 3Com, but you'll find 
> them quite expensive.  I also use Linksys, and D-link cards and have 
> experienced no issues whatsoever.  I've even got a system with a generic, 
> no-name brand card that I think is some sort of NE-2000/3000 clone 10/100 
> card that works just fine with Mandrake 8.2. 
> 
> As for transfering to your client...   You should experience no issues 
> transfering data to your client, although you wern't clear on exactly what 
> you wanted to transfer.  If you have network access, and webmin is configured 
> on your client's systems, it provides some useful and secure tools for doing 
> a file transfer.

Thanks Rod, I am a little away from doing anything yet. The client
already has network cards installed and is using MS Access at the
moment.For my own experimenting I will try the generic cards such as you
have mentioned above. 

Bill.