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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@k4m1 @stman yeah, according to the #RTL8139 #datasheet this is basically a very cheap 10/100M NIC designed #embedded systems and low-end/low-cost desktops, and for a device designed and sold in 2006 it made sense, given back then #Gigabit-#Ethernet and Cat.5 cabling was considered high-end.

  • And unlike contemporary / successor chips by #Intel like the famous #i210 (which is still offered as #i219 but mostly succeeded by the #i225 as a 2,5GBase-T version) is way cheaper, which pre-#RoHS - NICs being sold for like € 10 retail & brand-new....

The few issues known only affect like #Virtualization setups, a market this thing was never designed for (most likely also never tested against).

  • I'd not he surprised if a lot of cheap #ThinClients and other systems used these NICs because of the simplicity of integration, being a cheap 3,3V single-chip (+auxilliary electronics) solution and propably costling less than 10¢ on a reel of 10.000.

It's the reason why to this day we see #Realtek NICs being shipped instead of fanning-out & enabling #SoC-integrated NICs with a #MAC & #PHY instead: Because the auxilliary parts for those are more expensive than just getting a PCI(e lane) somewhere and plonking it down.

  • Maybe there have even been some really cheap, low-end #Routers / #Firewalls aiming at #SoHo customers back in those days, cuz back then 16MBit/s #ADSL2 was considered fast, and Realtek's NICs up until recently only delivered like 60-75% of the max. speed advertised, so by the time someone would notice, that gearvwould've been EoL'd anyway and those who did notice right-away never were the target audience to begin with.

Most modern NICs are more complex and demand more configuration / driver support...

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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

#US Weighs #Ban on Chinese-Made Router in Millions of American Homes
US authorities are investigating #TPLink’s #routers, linking them to #China-backed #cyberattacks. The Commerce, Justice and Defense departments each have their own investigations, and sources told the Journal the Commerce Department has subpoenaed TP-Link. These investigations may contribute to a potential ban on these routers next year.
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

#US government mulls entire #TPLink product #ban - #routers, #switches and more all set to be blocked
#Cybersecurity concerns could see TP-Link banned from US
TP-Link supplies 65% of home routers in the US
The routers aren’t just for home use either, with federal agencies such as #NASA and the #DEA using the brand, which could leave them exposed to #China state sponsored #cyberattacks earlier in #2024
techradar.com/pro/security/us- #itsec #apt

TechRadar pro · US government mulls entire TP-Link product ban - routers, switches and more all set to be blockedBy Ellen Jennings-Trace
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