What chipset does the AsanteFast 10/100 NIC use? (fwd)
Liem Bahneman
roland@cobaltgroup.com
Wed Jun 9 16:16:12 1999
Some interesting news from Asante about their tulip-based boards...
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Liem Bahneman roland@cobaltgroup.com
Senior Systems Administrator http://www.starfleet.com/liem
The Cobalt Group, Inc. (206) 269-6363 x300
Seattle, Washington F(206) 269-6350
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Date: Wed Jun 9 16:16:12 1999
From: Tech Support <support@asante.com>
To: 'Liem Bahneman' <roland@cobaltgroup.com>
Subject: RE: What chipset does the AsanteFast 10/100 NIC use?
Liem,
Currently our Asante 10-NIC PCI card is still using the DEC 21x4x
chipset. As these chips get harder to find I think that you will see
Asanté convert to the newer Lite-On chip set called the "PNIC" I
believe. Our AsantéFast 10/100 PCI card is already beginning making a
transition to the Lite-On chipset.
Alan Larsen
Asanté Technologies, Inc.
Support Ph: 800-622-7464
support@asante.com
http://www.asante.com
ftp://ftp.asante.com
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> From: Liem Bahneman
> Sent: Wednesday, June 9, 1999 1:56 PM
> To: support@asante.com
> Subject: What chipset does the AsanteFast 10/100 NIC use?
>
>
> Is this a Digital 21*4* (i.e. 21140, 21143) chip? Do you plan to
> continue
> using this chip in the future? We're having a hard time securing NICs
> that
> use this chip. (Excellent performance, cost, driver support). Three of
> the
> major brands that we have been using have switched to the poorer
> Lite-on
> clone of the Digital/Intel 21*4* chip, such as NetGear, Kingston and
> Accton.
>
> I just want to confirm with Asante if you guys plan to make this shift
> as
> well?
>
> - liem
>
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> Liem Bahneman
> roland@cobaltgroup.com
> Senior Systems Administrator
> http://www.starfleet.com/liem
> The Cobalt Group, Inc. (206)
> 269-6363 x300
> Seattle, Washington F(206) 269-6350
>