Review on Realtek Chipset Ethernet Interface Software by Mike Sutherland

It was a pain to get this card to work. The PCIe connection was very picky. The slightest angle, positional difference between the card and the PCIe connector rendered this card unrecognizable. I bent the bracket slightly to fit the PCIe slot perfectly, but any cable pulls or banging on the case would still render the card unusable. While plugging and unplugging this card to get it working, I noticed a random change in MAC address. This may be due to a bad plug connection, but it's very strange. In any case, I had to return the card due to the unstable physical connection, but once my computer recognized it, all the drivers installed automatically and worked perfectly. So maybe I just caught a bad apple.