On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Tim Fletcher wrote:
> >
> > > I am looking to buy a few 100 or 10/100 baset nic card can can people
> > > recommend something that is reliable, supported under linux, and not overly
> > > expensive?
> >
> > I ones I buy for the school I work at are the Netgear FA310 which are
> > listed at $16 on pricewatch.com. They are based on the tulip chipset (they
> > now use a clone) I have had no problems with them under linux or windows.
>
> These are crappy chips and I highly recommend that people stay away from
> them. They are the poorest of the Tulip copies, except for maybe
> Xircom's. If you look you can find better cards for around the same
> price... but don't let Taiwanese suppliers dump this NetGear garbage on
> you. It will work, but don't come to depend on it...
What are peoples opinions on the realtek 8139 cards? Australia is in the
process of being totally dumped in them. How well do they work under linux, esp
under heavy load in terms of reliability and performance.
Beau Kuiper
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