Nics and their relative value

[Kerry Hoath]

There is 12 months waranty on the realtek cards and most other
cheap ones.

Regards, Kerry.

On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 09:50:11PM -0230, Ed Barnes wrote:
> Hi Kerry and list.
> Thanks for sending this response to my and Alex's posts.
> I was aware that the Realtech 8139 and its relatives weren't in the same 
> league as members of the 3c90x family from 3Com, however; the editional 
> points which you raised Kerry were for the most part things I wasn't 
> aware of so this post is a keeper for me.
> Luckally in my case my usage for the relatives of the Realtech 8139 are 
> not mission-critical.
> The nic which receives the greatest load here at my place is eth0 in 
> this Red Hat box and it's a 3c905B.
> That card has served me well for three years and it probably will for a 
> bit yet.
> Also just curious, I know that alot of 3com cards have life-time 
> warranties, what's the general consensus regarding warranty on cheaper 
> nics such as the ones we're discussion. Frankly I look at the issue lie 
> this, you get what you pay for so if a Realtech 8139 dies after a year or 
> two you got your money's worth, nevertheless I am curious here and was 
> wondering if anyone on the list knew.
> Ed
> 
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