Daniel Egger writes:
> On 17 Feb, Richard Gooch wrote:
> > The difference seems to be that this card is 16 bit, whereas the other
> > card is (it had better be!) 32 bit.
>
> How do I find out whether my card is a 16 or 32 bit one?
> I believe it should be an 32 bit one because it's an 100/10 Mbit
> NIC (Xircom Realport 100/10/56k (REM56G)) but it's dogslow like an
> 16 bit one (max. 1 MB/s per ftp).
I second the motion. I'd also like a way of probing to check. I don't
like having to rely on the word of the bloke at the markets I bought
it from.
[flashback two weeks ago]
Me: "So it's definately UltraScsi, CardBus, 32 bits?" (APA-1450A)
Him: "Yeah, definately"
Me: dd gives me 800 kiB/sec. Bollocks. Ah, well, it was cheap.
Having a WWW terminal at the markets to check the manufacturer's site
would be good...
Regards,
Richard....
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