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On Tue, 08 Oct 2002 00:14:48 +0200 |
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Andreas Waschbuesch <awaschb@××××.de> wrote: |
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> Bo Majewski wrote: |
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> > [...] |
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> > # If you compiled RealTek 8139 Ethernet card as a module uncomment the |
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> > # following |
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> > # 8139too |
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> Let me correct this: |
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> # If you got a RealTek 8129/8139 chip based ethernet card throw it away |
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> # and buy a decent nic such as Intel, 3Com, DEC etc. etc. |
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Let's keep this crap off the lists, huh? I have worked with literally tens |
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of thousands of ethernet cards in my lifetime, most in the last 5 years, |
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and statistically, I've had more problems with 3com that with anything |
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else (except Winbond). I recommend and use RealTek 8139's, |
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because they work, they work well, and I have yet to see any *actual* |
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evidence that on modern machines they perform any less well than |
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just about anything else. Plus, they are 7 bucks a pop. |
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Pound for pound, the amoeba is the most vicious animal on earth. |
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Jon Nelson <jnelson@×××××××.net> |
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