[NTLUG:Discuss] Router or switch?

[Joel Sinor]

 On Tue, 06 May 2003 12:17:53 -0500
Greg Edwards <greg at nas-inet.com> wrote:

> Joel Sinor wrote:
<snip>
> Careful on the ASUS MB.  I love ASUS boards but if it has the
NForce2

> chipset you'll have issues getting it up and running on pre 2.4.20 
> kernels and 2.4.20 kernels that don't have some of the 2.4.21 pre-5 
> patches.  I'm waiting for my Mandrake 9.1 CDs since they are suppose
> to have resolved the NForce2 problems with 9.1.  I could get all the
> parts and build my own kernel, but I'm limping along now, and the
> downloads are huge, so I'll wait.
<sig snip>
I have decided to avoid in future both the nforce2 and the built in ati
as both have various linux issues.  I forget the one I saw but it had
firewire, usb2.0, 10/100/1000enet built in, 8x agp and no built in sound
or video.  It was $160 like all the really decent athlon XP mobos and
supported DDR400 RAM (3GB IIRC) and up to athlon XP 2800+

Come to think of it, looking on Asus site, it looks like I may have been
wrong about the audio, as this guy
(http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socketa/a7n8x/overview.htm) is the most
likely suspect...