[ale] Ot: cheap lan cards

[Chuck Payne]

My mother use to warn me, you pay twice for cheap.

On Fri, Jul 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM Boris Borisov via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> 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 :-).
>>
>> SteveT
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