6 Jul
2003
6 Jul
'03
9:28 a.m.
Philip Pemberton wrote:
Then there was the fun I had with a D-Link network
card (based on a Realtek
chipset). Here's a tip - grab Realtek's latest driver kit and install it. I
had lost packets, Windows networking errors, you name it. Upgraded the
drivers and the network card suddenly started working properly...
I have a better tip - don't buy Realtek. Period. They're not
horrible for casual use, say a single box surfing over cable or DSL, but
on a high-traffic connection, they eat a *lot* of CPU time. The Realtek
chipsets offload a lot of the packet processing to the main CPU, just
like a Winmodem.
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