I have a number of Realtek cards which I have since replaced since I
have experienced problems with NetBSD-1.4.2/i386 under extermely high
load (network and machine).  Replacing with 3com 3c905 series produced 
extremely stable systems.

-M

David Brownlee wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 28 Sep 100 dribbling@thekeyboard.com wrote:
> 
> > I've used a Realtek card successfully with FreeBSD, do they work with
> > NetBSD/i386?
> 
>         They should work fine, though they are a somewhat cheap and
>         nasty (in a design sense) card.
> 
> > I'll also need a PC-Card (PCMCIA) for Roam (A Pentium laptop, can't
> > remember how fast).
> 
>         I've used a variety of 3c589 and ns2000 compatible pcmcia cards
>         without problems.
> 
>                 David/absolute
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