Re: DLINK Eth card

[Steven Pritchard <steve@silug.org>]

Danny Sauer said:
> BTW, the RTL-8139 cards don't seem to be terribly nice.  I used them when
> I first converted to 100Mb switched in my apt.  They were the source of
> several instability problems under moderate to high network loads.  They're
> cheap initially, but more expensive when you have the hassle of crashes
> (good heavens) and buying a new *good* NIC to replace it...

I bought one somewhat accidentally a few weeks ago thinking it was a
tulip-based card.  I've only used it for a few minutes at a time since
then, so I haven't seen any problems.  Still, for a few bucks more you
can get a tulip (clone) card that won't have any of these issues, so
these RTL-8139 cards probably aren't worth messing with.  (The Netgear
cards that Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA, etc. carry are tulip
clones.  They work great.)

BTW, isn't the RTL-8139 just an "improved" version of the 8029 chips
used in the PCI NE2k clones?  If so, it's no wonder it sucks.  :-)

Steve
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