Re: PCI ethernet card from ebay doesn't work at all. Possibly fake, but which?
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- Subject: Re: PCI ethernet card from ebay doesn't work at all. Possibly fake, but which?
- From: Johan Kullstam <kullstj-ml@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:07:46 -0500
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- In-reply-to: <20081129044712.GA10642@shibaya.lonestar.org> (A. F. Cano's message of "Fri\, 28 Nov 2008 23\:47\:12 -0500")
- References: <20081129044712.GA10642@shibaya.lonestar.org>
"A. F. Cano" <afc@shibaya.lonestar.org> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I needed a PCI ethernet card for an old P3 system and so I did some
> research to make sure it was supported and got the first
> one that showed up on an ebay search. At least it was cheap. The
> sellers all claim that they were RealTek (RTL8139D) and they are
> detected as such. This is what lshw says:
Argh. RealTek. That might be your problem. My mobo has a realtek on
it and it never works right. I went and found a 3com 905c. I just
checked google shopping and you can still find them for about $20.
It's a shame that all the mobos bundle such cheap crap.
Unfortunately, the bundling has killed the market for add-on NICs. So
when the mobo ethernet is too sorry work, you are left with nothing.
--
Johan KULLSTAM
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