Re: [gentoo-user] Ethernet card for puter

[Manuel McLure]

I highly recommend getting an Intel card. Back in the day the e1000 cards
were the ones to get, nowadays
https://www.newegg.com/intel-expi9301ctblk/p/N82E16833106033 should be a
good option for a single port card. Intel cards have been well supported in
Linux for a long time.

On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 5:20 PM Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:

> Howdy all,
>
> I saw the guys running fiber optic cable today, in front of MY house.
> It wasn't supposed to be here until next year.  I almost fainted from
> the excitement.  I got a router a while back that is 1Gb ready.  They
> supply the modem.  I still have a old 100Mb network card in my puter
> tho.  So, it needs updating, after all these years of faithful service.
> I found one and this is the model number and such for it, description
> too.  "Dell V5XVT-FH Intel I350-T2 DP 1GB PCIe Ethernet Network Card"
>
> I don't really care about brand as long as it is a reliable product.
> That one is Dell,  I'm fine with any brands as long as they aren't bad
> to blow smoke on the 2nd or 3rd power up.  :/  I'm almost certain I have
> PCIe ports available.  I think that's what the current card is in
> actually.  Thing is, this has two ports and so does about all I see,
> except for those with 4 ports.  Will having 2 ports cause any problems?
> Most likely, one won't be connected at all.  I just want to be sure that
> it won't cause any issues or that using both is required for some reason
> I never heard of.
>
> They think we should be connected in a few months.  Cables comes first
> then they set up the control boxes etc etc.  I'm going with a package
> that will be about 300 times faster and only cost about $10 a month more
> than my wimpy DSL.  Oh crap.  I need to expand my hard drive space
> again.  Glad I use LVM.  LOL  I thought I had another year to deal with
> that too.
>
> Thoughts on that card?  Work fine?
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)
>
>

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