cheap low-profile pci ethernet adapters

[Thom Paine]

On Tue, 2005-18-01 at 16:10 -0500, Matt Morgan wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:34:42 +0000, James Wilkinson
> <james at westexe.demon.co.uk> 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.