On Tue, 2005-18-01 at 16:10 -0500, Matt Morgan wrote: > On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:34:42 +0000, James Wilkinson > <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Matt Morgan wrote: > > > http://www.startech.com/ProductSpecs/ST100SLP.htm > > > > Downloading the driver disc comes up with a lot of mentions of RTL8139 > > (in filenames, etc). > > Thanks! I downloaded that zip file but I didn't know what to look for. > > > Which is a pretty standard, cheap, working Ethernet chip: I've got > > several and have had no problems. There have been good drivers in the > > kernel since at least 2.2 days. > > Cool. > > Thomas had written: > > And heck, for $10 it's preactically disposable - if it > > doesn't work send it back or just toss it in the trash. > > Right, but shipping is around $10 too, and I lose that even with a > money-back guarantee. But thanks to both of you for your advice--I > bought one and I'll see what happens. > I use these exclusively. They have the RTL 8139 chipset and are detected automagically. I get them for $8 CAD, and Startech is about 20 minutes away from my house, so it's nice to support a company locally.
