[ale] Ot: cheap lan cards

[Boris Borisov]

I haven't bought one but zooming at the picture I can see Realtek logo on
the chip.

Who else can provide chips so cheap retail price can be $5.

On Thu, Jul 3, 2025, 19:21 Steve Litt via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

>
> On Thu, 3 Jul 2025 11:28:35 -0400
> DJPfulio--- via Ale <ale at ale.org> 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.
>
> What don't you like about Realtec NICs? I've used a lot of them.
>
> The one I won't touch is Broadcom :-).
>
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