----- Original Message ----- From: "JD" <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> To: "KC8LDO" <kc8ldo@xxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 7:15 PM Subject: Re: Ethernet Card Recommendations? > > > On 09/24/2010 03:20 PM, KC8LDO wrote: >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "JD" <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> >> To: "KC8LDO" <kc8ldo@xxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 12:52 AM >> Subject: Re: Ethernet Card Recommendations? >> >> >>> >>> >>> On 09/23/2010 09:46 PM, KC8LDO wrote: >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "JD" <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> >>>> To: "KC8LDO" <kc8ldo@xxxxxxxx>; "Community support for Fedora users" >>>> <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 10:26 PM >>>> Subject: Re: Ethernet Card Recommendations? >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 09/23/2010 07:14 PM, KC8LDO wrote: >>>>>> I'm looking at adding in a PCI Ethernet card to experiment with >>>>>> Ethernet >>>>>> bridging using the motherboard gigabit chipset with it. The >>>>>> motherboard >>>>>> chipset seems to be working OK and I would like a recommendation for >>>>>> an add >>>>>> in card that is known to work fine with Linux. A 10/100 or a >>>>>> 10/100/1000 >>>>>> card would be fine. I don't need anything fancy but it has to have a >>>>>> low >>>>>> profile bracket to fit in a Gateway or HP slimline case. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards; >>>>>> >>>>>> Leland C. Scott >>>>>> KC8LDO >>>>>> >>>>> There are many low profile Intel based ether cards for >>>>> very little money. Most intel ether cards are supported >>>>> in Linux. >>>>> Just visit your nearest Frys Electronics. They always have >>>>> a large selection of pci cards. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks. I asked because I have a Dell box setup at work and Fedora-11 >>>> (64 bit version running on an i7-860) which won't work with the >>>> motherboard gigabit Ethernet chipset. I didn't want to buy something >>>> that wasn't going to work. I had to "recycle" an old 10/100 card out of >>>> a junk computer to get the system on-line for updates at the time. >>>> Funny thing is I have several boxes at home with motherboard gigabit >>>> Ethernet chip sets that seem to work fine with several different Fedora >>>> versions. Go figure. >>>> >>>> Regards; >>>> >>>> Leland C. Scott >>>> KC8LDO >>> What is the chipset of the ether card in the dell box? >>> /var/log/messages or /var//log/boot.log should tell you. >>> >>> >> >> As far as I know it is the Intel P55 chipset. I have the motherboard >> Ethernet function disabled in the BIOS and I'm using an old Linksys >> 10/100 PCI card for now. I don't know if it was an issue with the initial >> Fedora-11 install or what but it just wouldn't communicate on the LAN. >> Once I got it working with the other card I never bothered to try and >> enable it through the BIOS again to see if it works now. >> >> Regards; >> >> Leland C. Scott >> KC8LDO > No, I meant the ether chipset model or series...etc, not the MOBO chipset. > The machine is at work so I can't get to it to check for sure until next week. I have to reboot the system, enable it in the BIOS then use a hardware lister utility to get the hardware vendor and version. Fedora has a utility to do this. I did a Google search and what comes up is a Broadcom BCM57780. Dell isn't very good about disclosing what hardware they use. Dell, like several others, like to use custom manufactured motherboards from brand named vendors in their products, and they don't supply a "manual" like you would expect from a boxed motherboard. Even if you do find out who made the board and contact them they won't supply any information, they just tell you to contact the other company. Regards; Leland C. Scott KC8LDO -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
