Gigabit Ethernet

[Felipe Alfaro Solana]

On 10/8/06, drew at technteach.com <drew at technteach.com> wrote:
> Looking for a good gigabit ethernet card.
>
> There appears to be a wide variety of cards, at a wide variety of prices
>
> Not sure I understand the differences between the various cards,
>
> or the variations in the pci slots they plug into.
>
> It's an old recycled dell precision 530, looking at the service tag I
> see that when it left the factory it had a dell p/n 5m235. which appears
> to be an Intel Pro/1000Xt, a high dollar card.
>
> Will a cheaper one work just as well.

The Realtek 8169 is a nice and cheap card and it supports NAPI.