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From: umcarls9@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Charles Carlson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Ethernet cards
Message-ID: <1990Feb28.002619.16469@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Date: 28 Feb 90 00:26:19 GMT
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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I flip through Computer Shopper and I see Ethernet cards advertised for
around the $150 mark.   Can someone tell me:
  
1) Are Ethernet cards basically generic in form?  Ie, if I buy LANtastic
   now, and I need to upgrade to Novell later, will the same Ethernet
   boards work?  Or does each network require its own specialized
   Ethernet board?
 
2) Do these boards come with the low level drivers required to interface
   to any netbios/lanbios with?
 
3) Are there performance differences in these boards? 
 
4) Anything I missed that others can tell me?
 
Does anyone have any experience with Novell ETS II?  I've been given
the understanding that ETS II doesn't require you to specially format
your hard disk like Netware does?  
 
Any help would be appreciated!  
 
Thanks,
Charles