Bernhard Luder was once rumoured to have said: > RTL8139 (10/100) works fine as well and costs less than $20 each.
For values of fine implying low-performance. The PCI SMC cards that telstra give away with Bigpond Advance are RTL8139s. My experience has been that they do not handle heavy load too well - IMO they're not suitable for high-performance/high-demand environments running at 100Mps. You're better off tracking down a Netgear FA-310TX, or spending the extra money on a 3Com Etherlink XL (3c905 family) or Intel EtherExpress Pro 100. I personally use FA-310TXs and Etherlink XLs - Etherlink XLs tend to be plentiful and you can usually purchase them fairly cheaply second hand. The Etherlink XL is also supported by practically everything (I bought my Etherlink XLs because BeOS supported it, whereas it didn't support my Etherlink III [3c509]). The FA-310TX on the other hand was unbeatable value when Netgear was still producing them - especially at ~AUD$40 for a new card. My only RTL8139 in active duty is going to be replaced with a 3c905C when I get around to it. C. -- --==============================================-- Crossfire | This email was brought to you [EMAIL PROTECTED] | on 100% Recycled Electrons --==============================================-- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
