[CentOS] PCI ethernet card for CentOS

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> That just confirms my experiences. I've had issues with onboard
>Realtek cards and linux. On one desktop the Realtek card would work
>until the box was restarted. You would have to hard power it off and
>back on for it to work again. That same box worked fine with Windows.


The old RTL8139 which is Realtek's 10/100 card have been rock solid for many
years, and the RTL8169S gigabit cards are rock solid too, with a heatsink.

You can't beat Realtek if you're on a budget.