Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 16:02:20 +0100 From: Bram Van Dam <gandalfbram@pandora.be> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Realtek Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20030306160130.00c81958@mail-in.pandora.be> In-Reply-To: <007c01c2e3ef$3483d8a0$0229c80a@abtec412>
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At 15:46 6/03/2003, you wrote: >HI there. >Gotta question. > >Someone said that the realtek 8029 and 8139 ethernet cards are the worst >cards ever made. My boss is planning to make a great buy of this cards for a >communication project ( the reasons is obius, the cost of this cards ) I'm >trying to persuade him to by 3com ethernet cards, but I need technical >information to demostrate him that it's not a good inversion to buy those >kind of cards. I happen to have a couple of those realtek cards. They're definitely not the BEST every made, but not the worst either. Granted, I've never once reached 100mbits with them (usually around 30-50mbits), but considering how cheap they are they do their job fairly well. If performance isn't an issue then go for it. If it *is* an issue, look for 3Com the likes. Of course this isn't technical information, it however is first hand information from someone who's been using the cards for several years (me). - Bram To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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