[CS-FSLUG] Why I've NEVER LIKED nor will use Asus!!

[Josiah Ritchie]

I was able to get them for $6-8 so have tons of them around campus and
have been pleased. Never had a problem with them under Linux and they
worked a far sight better on our network than the ne2000 ones we
replaced.

JSR/

> The rtl8139 is all I ever use and in 5 years only had one failure. At
> the moment we have 5 of them in different boxen with two of them in the
> 'always on' firewall/router (running Coyote Linux) and another in my
> main box which is three and half years old and has been running 'always
> on' for 99.99% of that time.
> I don't know about the extra work that the kernel has to do but they
> have been reliable workhorses.
> BTW although they all have the rtl8139 chipset, they all have different
> manufacturers -- some even [did] have that horrible *designed for Win
> '98* sticker on the board.
> 
> YMMV
> 
> Blessings,
> 
> Nigel