On Jul 8, 2009, at 7:32 AM, Chance Reecher wrote:
> I too tried a PCI card, a R8139. It drops the connection just like the > built-in ethernet. I'm going to see if I can find another PCI ethernet > card to try. The 8139 was the worst E-net card made by Realtek, and the one which almost sunk the company. The 8169 is now the gold standard as Apple adopted it as its gigabit E-net solution. Many Intel boards have an R1000 gigabit E-net solution, but this, too, has a few problems. Dropped connections, slow to connect to DHCP and poor Bonjour compatibility are issues with a number of add-on and on-mobo chips, including R8139 and R1000. These issues do not exist in the R8169. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
