[ale] Ot: cheap lan cards

[Calvin Harrigan]

They generally do work, but Realtek is on the low end and generally 
struggles to maintain throughput and generally puts a heavier load on 
the CPU.  Doesn't offload much. I like to think of them as WIN NICs in 
the same vain as WIN Modems and WIN Printers back in the day.


On 7/3/2025 12:52 PM, Bob Toxen wrote:
> Do these work with Linux?
>
> Why so against Realtek?
>
> I've been using them (10 & 100 Mbit) for 20-30 years with Linux with
> with zero problems.
>
> Bob
>
> On Thu, Jul 03, 2025 at 11:41:50AM -0400, Calvin Harrigan via Ale wrote:
>> 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.
>>
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>> Calvin Harrigan
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Calvin Harrigan