Replacing on board NIC

[W Scott Lockwood III]

On 5/31/2016 12:54:12 PM, "Robert Heller" <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:
   Nothing.  It should be detected and use the e1000e driver, I believe.
>Almost all hard-wired NICs are supported out-of-the-box with available 
>open
>source drivers. This is especially true of Intel NICs. (Intel is the 
>new
>3Com.) Only some of the *bleeding edge* wireless NICs and some 
>USB/Mobile NIC
>(really Modems) might need [closed source] drivers and/or firmware.

I just want to say, this x 1000. I won't accept a server that comes with 
Broadcom NIC's because they're terrible (Looking at you, DELL). The 
worst of the worst. I insist on Intel NIC's. They are simply the best, 
and are the only thing that's REALLY reliable these days.


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W. Scott Lockwood III

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