[lug] A-network-card-hunting.

[bdoctor at ps-ax.com]

I purchased two PCI Dlink cards from compusa - the $20 ones.  The chipset is 
the RealTek RTL8139 - 

rtl8139.c:v1.04 9/22/98 Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/rtl8139.html
eth0: RealTek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet at 0xe800, IRQ 9, 00:50:ba:84:09:41.
eth1: RealTek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet at 0xe400, IRQ 10, 00:50:ba:84:10:94.

With the 2.2.x kernels, I have been very pleased.  However, with the 2.4
kernel (test8), the machine would lock up in panic mode very often.  I don't
have a head on this machine, so I never actually saw the message, but with the
2.2.x series, it is rock solid.

Module                  Size  Used by
rtl8139                11872   2 (autoclean)


-brad

> 
> Yet more hardware adventures.
> 
> I got a Netgear FA311 at CompUSA today because it said "Linux" on the
> box.  Had I known better, I wouldn't have.  I'll be returning it
> tomorrow.
> 
> Can somebody recommend a decent PCI network card for under $40 that I
> could get somewhere locally (CompUSA would natually be convenient), is
> supported in kernels newer than 2.0.36, and not likely to become
> unsupported anytime soon?
> 
> Lessons learned: Just because it says "Linux" on the box doesn't mean
> it's worth its weight in salt.  And it's only 90 grams.  Hrmph.
> 
> --
> Chris Riddoch
> socket at peakpeak.com
> 
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