Author: James Courtier-Dutton Date: To: lug, Hampshire LUG Discussion List CC: Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Failed internet connection from Windows
ondualboot computer
On 19/03/07, Vic <lug@???> wrote: > > Linux does not address the network card the same way Windows does. A minor
> > change but remember a PC motherboard is a complex beast running at
> > hundreds
> > of MHz. Signal reflections (at High MHz frequencies an incorrect
> > impedance
> > match will create a signal reflection) which have no effect when run with
> > one sequence of instructions may have an effect when it runs in another
> > sequence of instructions.
>
> Errr - no, that's cobblers.
>
> PCI is a well-known entity. Data flows across the interface in a
> prescribed and orderly fashion.
>
> If the intricacies of the AC characteristics of the signals can cause the
> device to fail, then you've got something seriously buggy - but it's
> unlikely to be software-based, because the software just won't see that
> level; that's hardware.
>
> If one OS sees a NIC properly and another one doesn't, this is a software
> problem. That might be a buggy driver, or (more likely) there is some
> cruft getting in the way. Changing the type of card may cause a new driver
> layer to be installed - thus bypassing said cruft. But all you're doing
> there is working around the problem, rather than fixing it.
>
> Vic.
> The "SiS 900 PCI Fast ethernet adapter" is quite a rare one, so maybe
the windows driver is just written badly.
I would suggest replacing it with a more common one, like the Intel
based one, or a RealTek one.
