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From: aduncan@rhea.trl.oz.au (Allan Duncan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Networking options
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Date: 3 May 90 23:22:00 GMT
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From article <8476@sbcs.sunysb.edu>, by root@sbcs.sunysb.edu (Systems Staff):
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> 	The real issue to consider, however, when buying network cards 
> 	is what software is available for the card, not whether is does 
> 	DMA.  As standards evolve for protocol stack -> board interface this 
> 	will become less of a problem.  For the next 8-12 months though, IMHO,
> 	protocol stacks are pretty much directly married to a particular
> 	board.  So buy your board with an eye towards which flavour 
> 	networking you want, eg novell, ip/tcp, decnet, proprietary, etc.
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Can you give a rundown on the pros & cons of the various protocols?

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