Re: [LUNI] What's the real deal with network cards

From: Jay Strauss (jjstrauss@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Mar 01 2001 - 12:20:26 CST

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    Thank you everyone.

    Looks as though realtek is OK for SOHO use but not for servers with a lot of
    network requests

    Jay
    jjstrauss@yahoo.com
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Jay Strauss" <jjstrauss@yahoo.com>
    To: "luni" <luni@luni.org>
    Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 9:42 PM
    Subject: [LUNI] What's the real deal with network cards

    > I was just at Microcenter picking up network cards. Cards with the
    rtl8139
    > chip ranged from
    > $9.75 (the ones I bought) to about $35. Is there any difference? Then
    > there where cards (linksys)
    > that used the tulip driver that ran from 25 - 45. Then there are other
    > cards 3com, Intel, etc.. I don't know what chip and/or driver they use.
    >
    > Is there noticeable difference between the chips/drivers, in speed,
    > compatibility, dependability?
    >
    >
    > Jay Strauss
    > Database Architect
    > jjstrauss@yahoo.com
    >
    >
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