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From: pipkins@qmsseq.imagen.com (Jeff Pipkins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: What's the best/cheapest PC ethernet card?
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Date: 12 Jan 90 20:51:40 GMT
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I recommend Western Digital's WD8003E Ethernet card.  It is small, simple
inexpensive, reliable, and fast.  It is based on the National Semiconductor
chipset and there's not a lot else on it (hence the reliable part).

I have seen speed comparisons with the 3-com board and one other popular
board whose name I can't remember.  The 3-com board was the slowest, with
this result supported by informal polls at places where they know about
stuff like this (can't say where).  The WD was fastest.

We use the WD8003E in our PrintLink box for our Ethernet stuff and it seems
to work really well.

Standard disclaimers and stuff like that...