* [gentoo-user] Ethernet card for puter
@ 2021-11-06 0:19 99% Dale
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From: Dale @ 2021-11-06 0:19 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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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