What networking cards and modems are recommended for use with Scala?
Recommended Network Cards
We prefer the Intel PCI based 10/100/1000 EtherExpress Pro series
of cards. They have a stable and reliable driver for Windows 2000 and
XP Professional. This is built on a lot of 845 and 865 motherboards.
Please note that some PCI bus master cards may starve even the best
PCI based Ethernet card. Systems with ATI video cards and Cinemaster
MPEG cards on 10Mbit networks may appear to be very slow with ScalaNet.
Switching to a 100Mbit network or changing the Cinemaster to use the
VMI feature connector, or sometimes even minor configuration changes
may cause the problem to go away.
- A single port Intel PRO/100+ Managed NIC
For a system with only internal storage. - A dual port Intel PRO/100+ Managed NIC http://www.intel.com/network/products/pro100dport.htm
For a system with an external NAS storage system.
Recommended Modems
Generally speaking we like all external modems from USRobotics. We
steer clear of "WinModems" and any other internal modem. If you need to
reset a modem, it is much easier to do that externally than to reset
the entire computer. If you rely exclusively on modems to communicate
with your players, or if you have poor telephone lines, we can highly
recommend spending a little extra money for the Courier brand modems
from USRobotics instead of the much cheaper "Sportster" model.
- US Robotics Courier V.Everything EXTERNAL http://www.usr.com
On systems where a "Back Channel"/POTS communications are required the US Robotics Courier V.Everything EXTERNAL is the recommended modem.
Recommended ISDN Network Adaptors
