[EMAIL PROTECTED] was once rumoured to have said: > > > >Qouth Jeff Waugh > > > > <quote who="Richard Hayes"> > > > > > Can anyone recommend good cheap network cards? > > > > Anything based on the RTL8139 chipset will work well with > > Linux, and they are always temptingly cheap... "I really need > > a *good* network card, but this $25 dollar one should see me > > through..." > > The Skymaster cards are quite good. I've never had a problem with > them, they use the rlt8139 chipset.
Err... RTL8139s suck ass. badly. They work, but thats about it. We've had cases of doubling our max-sustained transfer rate by replacing an rtl8139 with a better card (a 3c905c in the most recent instance). If you want a good, cheap card, steer towards the Netgear FA-310TX (which are available again last I heard). They're based on the LiteOn PNIC chipset which is one of the many Tulip clones. Expected price is around the $40 mark. Both my home gaming boxes (PIII/733s) use FA-310TXes and I've had no problems getting them to work under Lin2.4 - I do recall some difficulties mid-2.2 however. I'm pretty sure 2.2.20 works though. C. -- --==============================================-- Crossfire | This email was brought to you [EMAIL PROTECTED] | on 100% Recycled Electrons --==============================================-- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
