On ott 08 13:40, Brad Spencer wrote: > > They were faster for gig than the Realtek stuff I tried. (To be fair, > > probably going back 10+ years though).
> Yes, I agree the Intel Pro cards work pretty well.. I tend to pick up > used "Intel PRO/1000 PT (82571EB)", which are dual nics (probably server > pulls). Very often I will end up flashing newer firmware to them, as > the used ones I have gotten have run older firmware. Simply use a thumb > drive booting DR-DOS with the Intel updater program on it. Depending on > your case, you may want to add a small fan to the heat sink if they are > busy as they can get warm. I had one in a case that did not quite > circulate the air well enough to keep it as cool as I liked and a small > fan running off spare +5v power dealt with that. Thanks for your advices and for sharing your experience. It has been very important. I don't actually need a double interface card. The firmware and the heat sink are some additional tweakings I would like to avoid; but regardless of this, I would like to buy a brand new card, and unfortunately couldn't find much Intel chips. I'll try to search more for them. Rocky
