There is 12 months waranty on the realtek cards and most other cheap ones. Regards, Kerry. On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 09:50:11PM -0230, Ed Barnes wrote: > Hi Kerry and list. > Thanks for sending this response to my and Alex's posts. > I was aware that the Realtech 8139 and its relatives weren't in the same > league as members of the 3c90x family from 3Com, however; the editional > points which you raised Kerry were for the most part things I wasn't > aware of so this post is a keeper for me. > Luckally in my case my usage for the relatives of the Realtech 8139 are > not mission-critical. > The nic which receives the greatest load here at my place is eth0 in > this Red Hat box and it's a 3c905B. > That card has served me well for three years and it probably will for a > bit yet. > Also just curious, I know that alot of 3com cards have life-time > warranties, what's the general consensus regarding warranty on cheaper > nics such as the ones we're discussion. Frankly I look at the issue lie > this, you get what you pay for so if a Realtech 8139 dies after a year or > two you got your money's worth, nevertheless I am curious here and was > wondering if anyone on the list knew. > Ed > > Ed Barnes > E-mail edbarnes at anomaly.2y.net or ebarnes1 at warp.nfld.net > Ph (home) 709-596-3165 or (cell) 709-683-6085 > http://anomaly.2y.net > "Money will buy you a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his > tail." --- unknown -- Kerry Hoath: kerry at gotss.net kerry at gotss.eu.org or kerry at gotss.spice.net.au ICQ: 8226547 msn: kerry at gotss.net Yahoo: kerryhoath at yahoo.com.au
