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In a message dated 10/29/04 12:13:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
ilkerozupak@yahoo.com writes:

>>quick sho> I want to buy a NIC and I want it to be compatible
>> with FreeBSD.
>> Is RealTek 8139 compatible with FreeBsd ?
> 
>> rt answer : yes

>long answer:
>see hardware notes' it is listed there.
>
>RealTek 8129/8139 Fast Ethernet NICs ( rl(4) driver)

Check the driver source. Any driver witten by Bill Paul should be avoided
if possible.