[plug] Intel Express Pro 10 settings

Phillip Steege psteege at tpg.com.au
Mon Oct 23 18:07:28 WST 2000


> > Why ?  Did I get a bad NIC type for Linux ?
>
> No, the Linux driver is fine, it's just that in my (limited) experience
> with them, and the (not so limited) experience of others I have spoken
> with about them, the RTL8139 is not exactly the most efficient Ethernet
> chip around.  Personally I've never managed to get more than ~0.9Mb/s out
> of them even on a 100Mb switched network.
>
> I personally use network cards with the "Digital" (as in DEC)
> "tulip" chipset - I used to recommend the Netgear FA310-TX, but they
> switched to using Tulip clones which seem to cause the occasional problem.
> Still looking for a decent network card with a real Tulip chipset.

Which DEC cards ?
I have seen the DE 450 and DE 500 card available in some places.

Phil





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