SmartLink UE1205RU LAN Card Review

Written
: 1/25/2000I must admit, once you get use to 100 Mbps network cards, there is no going back to 10 Mbps cards. If you thought 10/100 NICs were expensive, think again. The SmartLink UE1205RU from Archtek sells for just $19! That's cheaper than a lot of 10 base network interface cards. Here are the specs:
Features
Specification
The SmartLink UE1205RU is an auto sensing 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet PCI formatted card featuring a REALTEK chipset. The unit is REALLY SMALL. The PCB of the card is not even 1 inch tall. This works out quite well for overclocked systems as the card doesn't block off any airflow from nearby fans.
The UE1205RU comes with one 10/100 NIC, an instruction sheet and one floppy disk containing the drivers. pretty bare bones but at this price, who cares?