Q: ethernet adapter: VIA vs Realtek

Hello *,
I'd like to get my PC (running linux, kernel 2.6.11) a second LAN
adapter, which I will not use too often - it is just for convenience to
have a cecond adapter.

I found two rather cheap PCI cards:
A Longshine LCS-8038TXV card with the VIA VT-6105 chipset and a Realtek
RTL8139 base adapter.
I looked at the kernel sources, and think that both should be supported
by a 2.6 kernel.

Does anybody know these cards?
Does one have certain advantages over the other?
Which one would you prefer?

Thanks in advance for any hint!

-- Martin

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Martin Daser wrote:
> Hello *,
> I'd like to get my PC (running linux, kernel 2.6.11) a second LAN
> adapter, which I will not use too often - it is just for convenience to
> have a cecond adapter.
>
> I found two rather cheap PCI cards:
> A Longshine LCS-8038TXV card with the VIA VT-6105 chipset and a Realtek
> RTL8139 base adapter.
> I looked at the kernel sources, and think that both should be supported
> by a 2.6 kernel.
>
> Does anybody know these cards?
> Does one have certain advantages over the other?
> Which one would you prefer?
>
> Thanks in advance for any hint!
>
> -- Martin
>
> PGP-Fingerprint: 6052 90F8 97F2 D3BF 495C BBE2 A003 6505 58BB D61E
> -----
> "Technology is just another word for it doesn't work yet" - D. Adams


Both chipsets work. I don't think either has anything special in the way
of extra features. As a second NIC, what would you want anyway?