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  From: Andrew Reid <andrew.reid@plug.cx>
  To  : Patrick Browne <brownep@pedarecc.sa.edu.au>
  Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 14:01:52 +0930

Re: Still [OT] Do Realtek NICs drop packets? Was: [OT] DEC Tulip NICs

On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 11:28:21AM +0930, Patrick Browne wrote:

> I have used the $20 Surecom cards for a while now in workstations.
> Realtek chipset, lifetime warranty, hard to say no at that price. The
> mini hubs ans switches are ok too.

[ ... ]

> Things seems to run fine in the Windows, Linux, Novell environments I
> have been in.

Once upon a time, one of those lived in one (or maybe more) of our
servers. They barfed under load.

I've never *EVER* had those sort of problems with 3Com or Intel
cards. Sure, they're $90, but what's $70 when you're building a
machine?

   - andrew

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