Re: Gigabit LAN cards

From: AT (notme_at_example.com)
Date: 02/16/05


Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 16:15:20 +0100

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 13:18:00 +0100, fabrice wrote:

> 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)

What kind of trouble do you have with the Marvell chip? I have it on my
Asus K8V SE Deluxe and it works, albeit I never tested Gb-LAN due to
network limitations (only Fast Ethernet switch and cards in other machines).

Andreas



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