[wplug] Which network card?

[Bill]

I havent had any problems with Realtek chip cards, except the Belkin
cards.  The problem isnt with the chips, their is poor soldering on the
cable socket.  Merely wiggling the cable can break your network link.


 On Fri, 2003-05-09 at 10:47, Rick Smith wrote:
> 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
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