[G4] PCI ethernet cards

[Mel]

Cheap generic ethernet cards that use Realtek ethernet chips (such as  
the RT8139 series) may or may not have Mac drivers in the box, but  
Realtek has Mac OS 8.5, 8.6, 9.x and 10.0.4, 10.1.x, and 10.2.x drivers  
on their web site at:
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloads1- 
3.aspx?lineid=1&famid=3&series=All&Software=True
You might need to do a little research, but there are a lot of very  
inexpensive cards (I got mine for about $8 US) that will work. If you  
have a card you can look at the controller chip on it and it should  
have the odd little crab-looking logo, which is the Realtek symbol.  
Virtually any card that uses the RT8139 chip will work in your Mac with  
the drivers from Realtek.
Hope this helps,
Mel

On Sunday, May 4, 2003, at 05:18  PM, k wrote:

> Hello
>
> Have any of you used PCI ethernet cards in your Macs? Is it like  
> everything else, in that there is no generic driver for the Mac so you  
> have to pay five times as much for one or two brands of card that ship  
> with drivers?
>
> In a nutshell, is it or is it not possible to use a generic ethernet  
> card in a Mac? I've had a difficult time trying to get a clear answer  
> to this question.
>
> Cheers, k.
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