Re: Gigabit LAN cards

From: fabrice (nospam_at_nospam.net)
Date: 02/16/05 

Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 13:18:00 +0100

jeff arch wrote:
> I'm thinking about switching my LAN over to Gigabit NIC's and switch. Most
> of the cards I've looked at have Linux drivers. Anyone know of a couple of
> cards that work well with 9.2 AMD64? I'd like to get the Intel cards but I
> was hoping to spend a little less than $40 per.
-dlink dge550-t NIC works fine on 9.2/64bits with asus A8V (amd64 3500 -
s939) + dlink dgs-1008d switch;
-marvell gigabit chip on this mobo has trouble (sk98lin driver)

cheers,
fabrice.

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