Hi > I'd also appreciate any advice on GigE controllers and a GigE switch. > Switches are os independant, they are just hardware, like hubs. I have a gigabit ethernet switch from netlink and it is working like a charm. It is an unmanaged switch and that will do just fine for what you have in mind. I picked mine up at ebay for 20€ IIRC, new price is about 70€ As for the cards, I have one broadcom netxtreme bcm5751 gigabit ethernet controller, drivers provided by kernel. And, one Dlink gigabit ethernet controller DGE-528T which works very well as well, but you will need at least the kernel 2.6.11-1.14 before it is built in. This one I bought for 15€ new somewhere in germany because for some reason they are still very hard to find in France, which is where I live. HTH Andy -- Registered Linux User Number 379093 Now listening to [silence] amaroK::the Coolest Media Player in the known Universe! Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and eat anything. Herb Caen -- -- --BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GAT/O/>E$ d-(---)>+ s:(+)>: a--(-)>? C++++$(+++) UL++++>++++$ P-(+)>++ L+++>++++$ E---(-)@ W+++>+++$ !N@ o? !K? W--(---) !O !M- V-- PS++(+++) PE--(-) Y+ PGP++(+++) t+(++) 5-- X++ R*(+)@ !tv b-() DI(+) D+(+++) G(+) e>++++$@ h++(*) r-->++ y--()>++++ -- ---END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -- Check out these few php utilities that I released under the GPL2 and that are meant for use with a php cli binary: http://www.vlaamse-kern.com/sas/ --
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