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Re: cheap network card supported by linux



On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 02:01:22 +0300
jb@rk3-56-3.tky.hut.fi (Janne Blomqvist) wrote:

> Most cards work fine these days. The thing is to avoid the really
> crappy ones. Plenty of anecdotal evidence suggests to avoid the rt8139
> chipset based cards, which most of the really cheap ones unfortunately
> are.

I haven't had any problems with that chip yet. The problem ist that it
is *cheap* in any meaning of the word. It's not a technical marvel and
you probably won't get stunning transfer rates, but chances are you'll
get a connection.

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