On Jan 11 2001, Philipp Schulte wrote:
> I am satisfied with my Realtek 8139 cards.
Yes, I use this card and I'm also happy with it.
> They are very cheap but reliable for me and according to several
> benchmarks they are faster than much more expensive 3Coms.
Well, I've never seen NIC benchmarks, but I'm actually quite
interested (especially if they are Linux based). Could you
provide some references, please?
> They just work and don't cause any trouble.
Ditto.
> Setting it up is really simple. There exists an kernel-module which
> just has to be loaded (if it was built) and it should work.
Yes. BTW, in recent kernels (like 2.2.18) there are actually
two modules for this card. One of them is Donald Becker's
rtl8139 and the other is Geff Garzik's 8139too. I'm only
familiar with Becker's (as it works wonderfully here).
[]s, Roger...
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