Replacing on board NIC

[Robert Heller]

At Tue, 31 May 2016 18:11:35 +0000 "W Scott Lockwood III" <scott at guppylog.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> 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.

Right. "Intel is the new 3Com"

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> W. Scott Lockwood III
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