plain-vanilla ethernet; do brands matter?

[THUFIR HAWAT]

On 6/9/05, Bob Chiodini <rchiodin at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 04:33 +0100, THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
> > On 6/9/05, Michael A. Peters <mpeters at mac.com> wrote:
> > ...
> > > Chances are slim that any pci nic won't work.
> >
> >
> > I'm looking at:
> > <http://www.eglobalonline.com/ProductDetail.asp?id=342>
> >
> > which seems to match up with:
> > <http://www.dlink.com/products/support.asp?pid=122&sec=0#drivers>
> >

...
 
> This card seems to use the realtek 8139 chipset, as taharka points out
> in another email these should be avoided.  My experience has been iffy,
> with regard to performance and autonegotiation did not work correctly
> with a d-link switch/router.
> 
> I agree with taharka concerning the 3-Com cards and add that Intel
> 10/100 and 1000 cards seem well supported and perform well.
> 
> One other thing to keep in mind is that vendors seem to be preserving
> model numbers while changing the specifics of the devices.  We have seen
> several USB NICs with the same part/model numbers, but completely
> different chipsets.  Early models were supported later models were not.
> The moral of the story is open the box and see what's in it.
> 
> Bob...
> 
> 


thanks, Bob.  I like the price and there does seem to be a linux
driver, at least according to D-Link (as far as I can tell).  I'll see
what the merchant says.  if there's a linux driver that should be
sufficient.

-Thufir