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Subject: Re: Need recommendation of ethernet card
To: piero@strider.ibenet.it
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 20:05:11 -0700 (PDT)
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> Hello.

> Quoting from bmk@dtr.com (Fri Sep 22 00:35:39 1995):
> > Stay away from the NE2000 clone cards if your network is going to see
> > any significant amount of traffic.

> Why? I'm very happy with mine.

Lack of shared memory for one.  I believe that they don't perform as
well as the SMC/WD cards.

I have one in a machine at home - and find it adequate.  In a server or
a gateway, I'd go with a different card.