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List:       linux-ppc
Subject:    Re: netatalk won't run on DEC Tulip cards?
From:       Matthew Geier <matthew () arts ! usyd ! edu ! au>
Date:       1999-11-22 2:15:34
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> > >--- To quote Judith Haller: ---
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Truth or fiction?
> > >>
> > >> I've read that netatalk won't run on ethernet cards based on the tulip
> > >> chipset.   I've also heard this only applies to intel machines and not
> > >> PowerPCs. I can't find a definitive answer in the netatalk pages/lists.


 Early versions of the Tulip driver had broken multicast support. This
has long been fixed. AppleTalk uses multicasting bigtime.

 Apparently the Tulip chip is one of the few NICs with a decent hardware
multicast filter, making it ideal for AppleTalk (if the driver can set
it up correctly of course.)

 We had a MacOSX server delivered with a 4 port Tulip based card in it.
(Which i've since identified as a DLink card - the Apple card had no OEM
markings at all, but the board layout is identical to a Dlink!).


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Matthew Geier			matthew@arts.usyd.edu.au
Arts IT Unit			+61 2 9351 4713
Sydney University

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