linux friendly ethernet card

[adler at stephenadler.com (Stephen Adler)]

good idea.

Jack Coats wrote:
> Install linux on his computer? :) ... I am guessing that is not the 
> answer you want...
>
> Get just about any old ethernet card, preferably a 3Com, make it an 
> additional NIC with a separate IP address, and let this person connect 
> through it.  That way everyone else gets the use of your gigabit adapter.
>
> Quoting Stephen Adler <adler at stephenadler.com>:
>
>> Guys,
>>
>> The ethernet controller I have is the following
>>
>>   Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573V Gigabit Ethernet
>> Controller (Copper) (rev 03)
>>
>> There is a guy in my office who has a *HP Pavilion zd8000* Laptop
>> <http://www.roblytle.org/hp_pavilion_zd8000_laptop.htm> running Windows
>> XP who
>> cannot print over samba to the USB printer I have hooked up to my PC.
>> For some reason,
>> when he prints a file, my network card freezes up, and then it resets
>> itself. All the other
>> systems on my network seem to work OK with my system. I'm thinking of
>> replacing my
>> Ethernet card to see if I can fix this problem. Does anyone have any
>> suggestions on a different
>> ethernet  controller card I can try.
>>
>> Steve.
>>
>>
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