> I see lots of people recommending Netgear NICs, but nobody has mentioned > Linksys, specifically the LNE100TX. I've had no problems whatsoever in > the 2 yrs I've been using them. (tulip driver) A quick pricewatch search > shows compuplus.com selling them for $4 right now.
I've had good luck with the Linksys cards too, until I upgraded to an athlon based machine. I don't know why, but my old Linksys cards fail to work in my new athlon machine. They will come up, but as soon as they see any heavy traffic (e.g. ftp'ing a 1+ MB file), they die. I have to bring the interface down, reload the kernel modules, and then bring the interface backup before it will work again. I switched it for a D-Link card, and I haven't had any problems since. I still use the Linksys in my old P2-266 w/o problems. Steve
