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Networking Companies - Eh on Linux

Posted by Hemos on from the not-quite-the-numbers dept.

netstat sent us the story about the big networking companies and Linux. Much the same story as elsewhere, they already support NT and Solaris, and don't see the user base for Linux there yet. Much of the comments are candids taken from Networld Interop. As you would expect, most of them want to see more users before rolling out support.

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  1. good reason to buy Bay Networks / Netgear by jonbrewer · · Score: 5

    Netgear cards have been shipping with a linux driver for several months now. They include the source for a modified tulip driver so that people who have older distros can have the card working out of the box.

    Even better, the Netgear cards actually display that liunx is supported on the outside of the box.

    I'd say its just a matter of months before 3com follows suit on their cards... and I would bet that most router/switch management packages are in the process of being ported to linux (if they're not already web-based), no matter what the company marketing people think or say.