[NTLUG:Discuss] Discuss Digest, Vol 110, Issue 3

[John Fields]

Copper 1GB, or Infiniband 10G? :)

Aren't all NICs nowzadays 10/100/1000?
Newegg has new Intel adapters for $28 shipped -> http://goo.gl/YreQH
froogle shows as low as $10 for off brands.

$25 - http://www.cedarpc.com/product/18069/Mellanox-MHEA28-XTC-Adapter/
Jeff Burns (in the Open Source group) used these in his home ESX VMware lab recently.
They connect to a NFS export, tweaking default linux kernel settings is recommended. :)
John Fields


On 02/10/2012 12:00 PM, discuss-request at ntlug.org wrote:
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> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 12:03:25 -0600
> From: Ralph Green<sirable at gmail.com>
> To: NTLUG Discussion List<discuss at ntlug.org>
> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] PCIE gigabit nic cards
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> Howdy,
>   I am looking for a gigabit NIC card to go in a PCIE slot(1X).  I was
> surprised at how expensive these are at local stores I checked.  I
> guess this leads to several questions.
>
> 1. Does anyone have an extra card they want to sell cheap?
> 2. I am wondering about why.  Are these cards rarely bought? Low
> volume might explain why there is no local competition.
> 3. Does anyone know of a cheap local source?  I have been seeing local
> prices of $40 and up, which seems crazy for a 1 port NIC card.  eBay
> has Intel cards for about $20, which seems more reasonable.  If eBay
> was not so focused  on PayPal, I would have gone that way.  I won't
> get a PayPal account because the Terms of Service are so unreasonable.
>
> I hope this is not too off topic for the Linux discuss list.
> Good day,
> Ralph