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3com 905B 100BaseTX (cyclone)
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Date of last review
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9
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47334
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02-25-2005
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Average Price
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Average Rating
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100% of reviewers
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$16.75
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9.9
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Description:
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Solid 10/100BaseT card. I use the 3c59x.o kernel module as opposed to the 3com produced 3c905.o module. I always get 100-BaseT speeds. It can handle full duplex, although I've never used it for long under that.
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Keywords:
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cyclone 905b 100BaseT
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/sbin/lspci output:
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00:06.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] (rev 30)
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Chipset:
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3c905B
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Connection Type:
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PCI
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11-09-2003, 08:32 AM
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#1
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Registered: Sep 2003
Distribution: Slackware 10.1, Slamd64 10.1, IpCop 1.4
Posts: 125
Rep: 
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 10
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.4.22
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Distribution:
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Slackware 9.1
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I have four of these network cards--three of them in Linux computers. They are more expensive than most similarly featured cards, but the main difference is they ALWAYS work perfectly. I have never had a problem with one of these cards. I've been using them since Slackware 4.0 (not sure which kernel version)
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11-17-2003, 12:16 AM
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#2
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Registered: May 2001
Distribution: s l a c k w a r e
Posts: 2,731
Rep:
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $5.00 | Rating: 10
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.4.22
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Distribution:
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Slackware
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If you're out grepping the bins at the surplus store and happen upon any of the 3c905 series of cards grab a handful as they are great performers. Shouldnt pay more than $5 each. :)
Only issue I've ever had with them is if they've bees setup for a specific Media Type or speed, but the mii-tools package will let you make the changes.
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12-01-2003, 05:04 PM
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#3
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Registered: May 2003
Distribution: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Sid, OpenBSD 3.5
Posts: 190
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 9
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.0-test11
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Distribution:
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Debian 3
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Very easy to use. Driver from kernel works perfectly.
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12-12-2003, 10:20 PM
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#4
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Registered: Dec 2003
Distribution: Mandriva, SuSE
Posts: 79
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $12.00 | Rating: 10
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.4.21
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Mandrake Linux
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I've got three of these cards, all work great! No driver was required, as it was auto-detected and performs well.
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01-20-2004, 05:18 PM
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#5
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Registered: Jan 2004
Distribution: Debian 6.0; Xubuntu 11.10, Mythbuntu 11.10
Posts: 168
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $50.00 | Rating: 10
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.4.24
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Debian
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Have around 20 of these NICs, never a problem with any Linux (from Red Hat 6.2 to current Debian and Red Hat)
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08-02-2004, 02:30 PM
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Registered: Feb 2003
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 38
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 10
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.7-gentoo-r9
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Distribution:
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Gentoo
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Been using this NIC since kernel 2.2.16
Works flawlessly
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11-06-2004, 08:35 PM
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#7
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Registered: Jun 2003
Distribution: Slackware, RHEL
Posts: 23
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $0.01 | Rating: 10
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.7
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Distribution:
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Slackware 9.1
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Solid nic, you can't go wrong.
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12-08-2004, 06:52 AM
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#8
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Registered: Jul 2004
Distribution: Debian (Sarge)
Posts: 17
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 10
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.9
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Distribution:
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Debian (Sarge)
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This NIC has worked flawlessly for me using 2.4 and 2.6 kernels.
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02-25-2005, 01:05 PM
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#9
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Registered: Aug 2004
Distribution: CRUX, LFS
Posts: 11
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 10
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.6.6
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Distribution:
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crux
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All i had to do was bulid the driver in the kernel and *pop* i pinged google before i knew it
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