> 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.