On 20 Dec 2002, Wes Felter wrote:
> > > What card is best? 3Com, Intel or National Semi based?
> >
> > 01:07.0 Ethernet controller: Alteon Networks Inc. AceNIC Gigabit Ethernet
> > (Fibre) (rev 01)
>
> Good luck buying one of those for under $100, if you can find one at
> all.
just as some background nortel completed it's aquisition of alteon in
early 2000. the acenic became the netgear ga620t along with a similar 3com
card, these are no longer on the market. like packet engines (aquired by
alcatel) the products and technologies these companies brought to market
have largely disappeared or died within the respective corprate parents...
joelja
>
>
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