Packet Engines Announces Collaborative Development Of G-NIC II Gigabit Ethernet NIC Drivers Supporting Linux, VIA and BSD For Gigabit Ethernet | Linux Today

Packet Engines Announces Collaborative Development Of G-NIC II Gigabit Ethernet NIC Drivers Supporting Linux, VIA and BSD For Gigabit Ethernet

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 3, 1999

“… the only Linux, VIA and BSD Unix Gigabit Ethernet network
interface card (NIC) drivers available today.”

“Support for Linux is key to many Fortune 1000 companies now
examining the deployment of a wide variety of operating systems in
their networks. The drivers are designed for use with Packet
Engines’ G-NIC II, the industry’s only second-generation Gigabit
Ethernet NIC.”

“Donald Becker, staff scientist at NASA CESDIS at Goddard Space
Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, authored the Linux driver
code…”

“”Packet Engines has been exceedingly helpful in providing
support for our Linux development efforts,” Becker said. “As a
matter of fact, Packet Engines is the only Gigabit Ethernet company
that has really been open to Linux, and we are very pleased with
their ongoing assistance and support.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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