29 April 2013, 09:22 | #1 |
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Update for X-Surf networking card
The X-Surf networking card has been sold out for a few years now, but it got back into focus for many users with the release of the new TCP/IP stack "Roadshow". Although Roadshow lacks a graphical user interface and thus does not offer any comfort in setting up a network, the performance is stunning: In certain cases it's more than three times faster than AmiTCP or Miami, and for the first time now, the 10MBit limit of the X-Surf card could be saturated.
This has triggered bugs - not just in the X-Surf, but also in equipment that is connected to the card: When the X-Surf had to handle a defective packet, the computer would freeze sometimes. This bug has been fixed in version V1.4 of the x-surf.device. Although official support for the X-Surf has ended years ago, we will answer support tickets for this card in the next few weeks for a limited time. Last edited by Schoenfeld; 17 July 2013 at 08:48. Reason: changed link to V1.4 |
29 April 2013, 13:13 | #2 |
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that's great.. maybe you should update the link on the product page as well?
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29 April 2013, 13:55 | #3 |
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Does the new version work with OS 4.0 and Morphos, too, or do you still need a patched ariadne.device for these systems?
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OS4 is based on the same source code as the classic device, and if this new classic device is reported to fix the freezes, I will hand over the new source code to the OS4 team like I did before. However, at this point, we've only tested under classic OS with AmiTCP but no other stack, so please report back if you have anything to report with other stacks. Jens Last edited by Schoenfeld; 29 April 2013 at 18:09. |
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01 May 2013, 12:20 | #5 |
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V1.3 had a bug that caused an enforcer hit when config-defaults had to be used. In that case, a nullpointer was passed to the string-compare function, which caused an enforcer hit.
Also, the version string information was not correct, so the version command couldn't work properly with this device. V1.4 fixes both: http://www.icomp.de/products/xsurf/XSURF_V14.LHA Jens |
01 May 2013, 19:15 | #6 |
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Thanks for your great work with version 1.4
It works really well on my Cyberstorm PPC604e@233MHz |
01 May 2013, 20:41 | #7 | |
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This new device has an optimized transfer routine, but I did not expect it to be *that* much more efficient. Since I don't have a test-setup here, please do some load tests and report how fast and how reliable you can go with V1.4. thanks, Jens |
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01 May 2013, 21:37 | #8 |
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Ejem... Can't you make such a miracle like the X-Surf for a desktop A1200?
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01 May 2013, 21:51 | #9 |
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A1200 has uber cheap PCMCIA ethernet cards both wired and wireless. You can get them for under £5
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01 May 2013, 22:14 | #11 |
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I can do about 650kB/s through FTP from my A1200 with a 10 Mbps PCMCIA NIC with cable. If he can saturate the 10 Mbps, it should be slightly faster than that, but who would pay big bucks for a device that is only slightly faster than an almost free solution?
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03 May 2013, 11:02 | #14 |
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Hmm does this mean there may be a new product in the pipeline? I will buy several immediately that is for sure.
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03 May 2013, 11:32 | #15 |
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Yeah I'm dead keen for a more affordable and newer zorro networking solution. Put me in line for any new networking product in the pipeline
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17 July 2013, 04:10 | #16 |
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Just bumping this thread. Could there or will there be any new zorro network cards being released in the near future?
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Target price is 129,90 EUR and pre-ordering will be started as soon as the last connectors are here. Jens |
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17 July 2013, 09:01 | #19 |
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@Schoenfeld
Will it work with Micronik ZII busboards? And on DraCos? |
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Just in case someone might wonder: RBM OnBoard 1200ex and the Winner Z4 board are also candidates for "might work, but not guaranteed". However, the old RBM board with long flat cables (Ramiga in the BigBook) doesn't work properly with anything - that's not even worth a try. For Mediator Z3, the "swap" jumper must be closed. Funny behaviour with this board is that Ethernet performance is slower in Z3 mode, so you might want to close the Z2-downgrade jumper on the X-Surf-100. Jens |
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