[ale] Ot: cheap lan cards

[Calvin Harrigan]

On 7/3/2025 11:28 AM, DJPfulio--- via Ale wrote:
> On 7/2/25 17:31, Boris Borisov via Ale wrote:
>> Microcenter Duluth perhaps Marietta as well have 99 cents gigabit 
>> network cards.
>
> Brand and chips used?  It matters.  I won't touch realtek NICs.
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Seems the cards are:

HiRO H50218 10/100/1000 Internal PCI Express with Realtek Chipsets.

https://www.microcenter.com/product/680735/hiro-h50218-10-100-1000-internal-pci-express

A slightly deeper dig indicates the chipset might specifically be 
Realtek RTL8111E.

I'd use these for playing around, not for anything of even the slightest 
importance.

-- 
Calvin Harrigan