Marshal Newrock wrote:
On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
I urgently need a second ethernet (RJ-45 telephone-looking type) NIC
in my computer, which is about a year old, el cheapo but with USB 2.0,
so decent for my needs (sorry, don't have mother board details at the
moment).
My one piece of advice is to avoid RealTek chipsets (usually RTL-8139).
These are the winmodems of the network world. Most of their processing
is done by software, not in hardware.
I've got about 10 Intel Pro/100 (Server, Desktop and Management
variants) running across 3 servers and 3 desktop systems. I haven't has
a problem with them in the 3 years I've been using them, they're well
supported though the Becker driver (eepro100) and the Intel standard
driver (e100). Plus with the e100 I think some processing can be
off-loaded onto the card itself.
You can pick them up on eBay for next to nothing - usually a few quid a
card on BuyItNow options - you'll probably have it within a day or two,
brand new.
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