Well supported, reliable NICs for Redhat Linux/Fedora?

Dennis Gilmore dennis at ausil.us
Sat Nov 15 11:34:20 UTC 2003


Once upon a time at band camp Sat, 15 Nov 2003 2:27 pm, DanG wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
>
>
>             Can I get some people's recommendations on PCI/PNP network
> cards that run very stable under Linux 2.4. I hear the Intel 10/100 eepro
> based cards are good but are a little more costly. What about D-Link,
> Realtek, Linksys etc for $10-15 cards. I am only looking for 10/100 Mbit
> cards. Do not even begin to recommend 3com 905 based cards which is the
> cause of my headaches currently with Fedora :-).

I use realtek 8139 based cards  i have a few different chipsets  never had any 
issues with them i use the 8139too driver  i get them for about AUD$13  which 
is about US$9.5 or there abouts.

Basically most of them will work fine so it comes down to what you want to 
spend.  

Dennis





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