The discussion of failing NICs has got my interest. I was planning to try my Asus A7V8x's on-board NIC(s) but now wonder if that's a risk. Another system will need a NIC card. What's the best NIC card available for Linux? I tend to use Mandrake distro (9.2 currently, might go to 10.x). Does NTLUG have a means of doing a poll, separate for this list? =TR=