[plug] Hardware compatibility

[Craig Ringer]

> I've never had any problems with any Realtek-based
> cards I've ever bought. In particular the RTL8139C
> -type ones are very good as far as compatibility goes,
> and performance is quite good too (but YMMV as
> always).
I actually by RealTek 8139C based boards in preference to Netgear. Intel 
EEPro I don't get to play with sadly.

RealTek tend to be very well behaved, very compatable, and perform quite 
well.

OTOH the 8029 is a dog, stay away - ESPECIALLY for multi-homed hosts. 
*aarggh*.

I reccomend the new-ish AOpen NICs, they're a very good 8139C 
implementation.

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