[geeks] Opinion: RTL8169 vs. Intel PCI e1000?

[Lionel Peterson]

I'd suggest Intel as well - they can be quite reasonably priced.

There are very affordable Broadcom NICs as well ($20-25) that are PCIe...

I think Realtek's best feature is it's price...

Lionel

On Jan 3, 2011, at 2:41 AM, Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net> wrote:

> The new ohno.mrbill.net has (and is using) a Realtek 8169-chipset onboard
> gigabit network interface.
> 
> Should I look into finding a PCI Intel e1000 card to use instead, and
> disable the onboard?