On Monday 15 August 2005 23:48, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 10:54:40PM +0200, Jan Schledermann wrote: > > A safe bet is a card with a realtek chip. It works well and is not > > expensive. > > Yeah. It's safe in the same way that a Pinto was safe in a rear end > collision. Seriously, Realtek are the *cheapest* and *worst* possible > chips. If you want anything approaching reliable, then don't get them. > If you want something that will not hog your CPU under heavy load, then > don't get a realtek. Really, 3COM is the way to go. Failing that, > maybe Intel, though I am not as familiar with their newer hardware. > > -Roberto Please educate me: What exactly determines a NIC's reliability? What defines its effectiveness? Regards, Anders Breindahl.
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