WTB: Norway network card

[keropi]

anyone has a Norway card for sale???
PM me! thanks!  :-D

[Crumb]

mmm Norway... me wants one too! :-)

[keropi]

 :python:  :bump:  :horse:

[keropi]

...just ressurecting this thread... still looking for one... thanks!  :-D

[Jose]

 :horse:
The funniest avatar ever. :-D

[Matt_H]

As I said last time, the Norway is obsoleted by Poseidon's support for USB to Ethernet converters. Just get one of those, they're cheap!

[stopthegop]

Amiga users are not deterred by obsolesence.    

[jj]

anybody know what sort of transfer rates you can through one of this on the miggy.  I have a 603e/175, 040/25

is there a ppc version of the usb stack ?

[stopthegop]

I get quite respectable results using an rtl8139 with a mediator: up to 1.8MB/sec.  

Using the x-surf (which I imagine would be comparable to the Norway card), I get maximum of about 1.2MB/Sec

Edit: I don't think it makes any difference if you have a PPC or not.  I had a PPC until just two days ago.  Now I'm running on 68060 only and my network speeds are the same.  

[jj]

SOrry my fault, I meant using a usb to ethernet converter

im guessing its the maximum of usb 1, s that 1.5mbs cant remeber

[keropi]

by Matt_H on 2007/5/5 19:50:39    As I said last time, the Norway is obsoleted by Poseidon's support for USB to Ethernet converters. Just get one of those, they're cheap!

you are dead wrong, I have one and on my kickflash+subway combo on a 060 csppc, I get 40-60kb/sec....
that is not very usefull....

[Matt_H]

I get speeds comparable to (and faster than) my old XSurf using an Algor and Linksys USB100TX. Just got 300KB/s on a test transfer.

Besides, the 1.xMB/s rates of other cards are just theoretical meximums. Never under any conditions have I seen a transfer that fast using such hardware.

[keropi]

maybe it is the dongle then?? I have an SMC 220USB dongle...
maybe I need to test more...!

[Matt_H]

The bottleneck on your Subway system is probably the Subway - the clockport doesn't have anywhere near enough bandwidth to get the full speed out of whatever's connected to the Subway.

If you've already got such an adapter, give it a try on your Zorro system and see how it fares. If it's still too slow for you, then I'll shut up about USB->Ethernet ;-)

[stopthegop]

Keropi: just pluck an rtl8139D out of the trash somewhere, install it in your grexx, and set up devs:networks/rtl_8139.device to run at 100M full duplex.  with a cat5 crossover cable to a peesea you should be able to get 1.5MB/sec easily.  The peesea needs to be locked at 100M-FD, too.  Same with switches, hubs in between.