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I am tired of marvell and realtek, I find both chipsets to be utter crap, be driver- and hardwarewise, any suggestions about NICs that are really good and reliable and has a excellent driver builtinto the kernel?
EDIT: needs to support gigabit, and be pci-e 1x.
Last edited by Roberth (2013-06-23 08:41:23)
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Intel - I have a gbit pci card of theirs in my server, totally reliable.
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Is that relevant their more costly ones or the cheap too?
Last edited by Roberth (2013-06-21 14:29:49)
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I spent GBP25 on mine, which I regarded as cheap.
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$ lspci
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: SysKonnect SK-9E21D 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter, Copper RJ-45 (rev 17)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet (rev b0)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection
All of these work great in Arch. I think SysKonnect is defunct, and the Atheros is onboard. In any case Intel is always my first choice. Even dual-port gigabit NICs have gotten pretty cheap (I may be thinking of prices for used ones though).
Edit: Just noticed your edit. Go with the Intel® Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter.
Last edited by alphaniner (2013-06-21 15:08:32)
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+1 to Intel.
Though my current machines both have Realtek, which I find to be perfectly fine. One is an r8169 in a file server, and in my laptop, the integrated ethernet is the r8168 that we discussed in the past when you were having trouble with it. As long as I use the r8168 package, it works great.
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Well I wouldn't exactly call it great, the network performance could have been better, I dont only use arch, and others distros often doesn't have that driver.
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Well, I know that on many distributions, you can find a dkms package for r8168, whether in the offical repositories or elsewhere. I have had to find it a couple of times, and always seemed to be able to find it. I am not saying that it is the most amazing piece of hardware I have ever come across, or anythign like that. But the times I have had to use it, it has been stable and consistent in its connectivity. My internet is 50Mb/s (and was 25Mb/s), so with basic internet use, it is not like I am coming close to even knowing what its upper limits might be. And transfers within the LAN I usually am doing when I am not wired to the router, so then I am facing the limitations of the wireless card anyway.
Anyway, I still stand by my +1'ing of Intel NICs.
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According to user reviews this might be what you want: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6833106033
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IME, Intel and 3Com have always been the best. Since 3Com is gone, that just leaves Intel.
Last edited by Scimmia (2013-06-22 15:26:42)
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Well I think that settles it, I will go for intel.
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Intel = the Sam Adams of NICs.
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