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Frank Steinmetzger wrote: |
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> Am Fri, Nov 05, 2021 at 08:03:32PM -0500 schrieb Dale: |
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>> I was looking at the mobo manual and noticed the built in network port |
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>> is a 1Gb chip as well. It is a Realtec and the last time I tried to use |
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>> it, it was a bit flakey. Sometimes it would work but sometimes I'd have |
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>> to restart the network to get it going again. That was about a decade |
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>> ago. |
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> My PC is over 7 years old now and I’ve always been unsing its internal |
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> ethernet port. Most consumer boards use Realtek chips, and so does mine, |
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> because they are a little cheaper than Intel’s counterparts. Enthusiasts and |
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> power users like Intel more because it does more in hardware and offers more |
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> features, whereas the realtek driver puts some load on the CPU, AFAIK. But |
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> in my view, that is counting crumbs, as we say in Germany. I’ve never had |
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> bandwidth problems and always had the full 1 Gb to my NAS. For us normal |
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> home user folk, it won’t make a difference, IMHO. (Except if you are a |
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> purist and care about code quality; I think there were niggles with |
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> Realtek’s code a longer while back.) |
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With this mobo and the previous mobos, the built in network was always |
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messing up. On my first rig some 20 years ago, it was horrible. |
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Reminded me of a winmodem I've read about. I think the position of Mars |
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had more to do with when it would work or not. It was mostly not on the |
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first puter. The one before current puter was better but I still never |
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knew what to expect with it. My current system would work for several |
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days but then would start acting strange. To be honest, it could be |
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hardware, it could be the drivers. Point is, I couldn't depend on |
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either one. So, I bought a well supported card, installed it, enabled |
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it in the kernel and it has been rock solid ever since. As a matter of |
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fact, the card I'm currently using was in my previous puter and possibly |
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the one before that. When I built this puter, I moved the card over to |
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this system. That card is pretty old but I have never had problems with |
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it at all. |
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>> I wonder, is the drivers better today than they were then? I would have |
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>> used it all this time if it worked well. Anyone have experience with this |
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>> in the last year or so that is showing it working really well and stable? |
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>> Keep in mind, I run 24/7 here. If that works fine, I could just use it. |
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>> lspci shows this for the on board network: |
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>> Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit |
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>> Ethernet Controller (rev 06) |
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> That’s the one veryone uses. I actually have two of those installed; one |
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> one-board, the other one as a PCIe card that I got from my old employer. |
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>> I have 2 PCIex1 and one PCIex 4 slots open. The small ones are close to |
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>> my video card and I'm not sure I can use them. |
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> Sure you can. Are you a hardcore gamer? Does your card consume 100s of W all |
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> the time? Usually the GPU is the top-most card except for cases that hold |
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> the board upside-down (meaning hot air rises away). |
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I think the last time I was installing a SATA card, my video card was a |
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little thick. Between the card itself and the heat sink for the chips, |
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it was to close for a card close to it, even if one ignores the heat |
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problem which shouldn't be much given my case fans and the whimpy video |
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card. ;-) I have a Cooler Master HAF-932 case with those large fans. |
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>> Can I plug these types of cards into the larger slots? |
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> Yes. Speeds are downward-compatible. One PCIe 2.0 lane is fast enough for 1 |
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> Gb. |
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>> I think I read once that can be done. It's been ages tho. My old network |
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>> card appears to be in a old PCI plain slot. It's a really old card, works |
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>> faithfully tho. |
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> If you change the filter in the link I gave you at the top, you can also |
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> look for PCI-based cards (unselect PCIe first). It’s possible that PCIe, |
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> though a faster interface, may be more frugal these days. When PCI was |
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> invented, power saving was not an issue. |
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>> This may require some rearranging. Or using the on board network one. |
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>> I'd really prefer the card tho. They just tend to work better. |
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> Why should they? A hunch? The only real benefit is you can easliy swap them |
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> in case of failure. But as long as you have it and it works – why not give |
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> it a try with what you have before you spend more for something you may not |
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> even need? |
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I ordered the card but I'm going to test the built in network shortly. |
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All I have to do is unplug cable from current card and plug into built |
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in port. Once I start that network, good to go. If it works, great. |
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I'll have the card as a back up. If it doesn't, card it is. |
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BTW, I found a good deal on a 8TB hard drive and bought it. The store |
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had Unix in the name so obviously I had to buy from there. ROFL So, |
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network card and hard drive on the way. |
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Thanks to all for the info. When I test the built in, I'll post back |
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how well it's working. Just for confirmation. :-D |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |