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The RTL8139 Network Chip is used on many old and budget Ethernet Network Devices. It supports 10 and 100 MBit.
While the original chip lacks the features of newer Gigabit devices, it is a commonly emulated device in virtualization environments, due to its simplicity (fewer IO operations means faster traps to the Hypervisor), and extensive OS support.
It also makes a for a simple driver (and so is an excellent first choice for new driver authors).
[[Image:rtl8139.JPG|right|frame|A PCI RTL8139]]
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