That's the 8139 though ... your average PCI NE2K with a Realtek chipset is
an 8029 which is a reasonable chipset, maybe not the best, but a lot more
stable under ALL OS's that I've tried than a certain incarnation of the 3Com
PCI cards (can't remember which one though)
P
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick Hilliard [SMTP:nick at iol.ie]
> Sent: Monday, November 22, 1999 16:35
> To: breatpro at MLE.CO.UK> Cc: nick at iol.ie; ilug at linux.ie> Subject: Re: [ILUG] EtherNet Cards
>> > Why not? - not the most lively, but on a home network you're not going
> to
> > see the difference surely (at least I never have !)
>> From the code for the rl0 driver in FreeBSD:
>> * The RealTek 8139 PCI NIC redefines the meaning of 'low end.' This is
> * probably the worst PCI ethernet controller ever made [...]
>> Nick
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