Some time back it was mentioned that cards with RealTek chipsets work well with Macs.
I found a really cheap card, "CNet PCI fast Ethernet Adapter 10/100 Mbps", in an online Wintel shop, but no mention of Macs. It says it uses the RealTek chipset.
Any of you know if this will work in a Mac, or are there several chipsets from RealTek?
There are several RealTek chips sets but the RT8139 which has a Mac Driver seems to be the most common. Look on the board if you can for a chip with either "RealTek" or "RT" and "8139" on it.
Would it work with OS 9? (seems to me OSX accepts much more hardware stuff without special drivers)
IIRC OS 9 requires the driver from RealTek while OS X has it built in.
What about the built-in Ethernet port, how does the Mac differentiate between them?
In either X or 9 there is the list of devices you can use (with either AppleTalk or TCP/IP). The new card shows up in the list along with the built in Ethernet as well as serial and modem.
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