[wplug] Which network card?

[Rick Smith]

On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 10:03:47AM -0400, John Harrold wrote:
> i've had problems with nics that have realtek chipsets (i think netgear
> uses these), and i would avoid these.

I'd like to hear more, as I'm looking at getting a laptop with a 
RTL 8139.

Was it flaky hardware or ?
Was it driver problems?  In the words of Donald Becker:

from: http://www.scyld.com/network/rtl8139.html
> The 8139too driver is based almost entirely on the on the 8139 driver
> written by Donald Becker. It has a few operational changes, most of
> which are flawed or pointless. 

I'll certainly like to steer clear of the flawed and pointless :)

-- Rick