I highly recommend getting an Intel card. Back in the day the e1000 cards were the ones to get, nowadays https://www.newegg.com/intel-expi9301ctblk/p/N82E16833106033 should be a good option for a single port card. Intel cards have been well supported in Linux for a long time.
On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 5:20 PM Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > :-) :-) > > -- Manuel A. McLure WW1FA <man...@mclure.org> <http://www.mclure.org> ...for in Ulthar, according to an ancient and significant law, no man may kill a cat. -- H.P. Lovecraft
