On 23/01/13 13:09, James Knott wrote:
Bob Williams wrote:
I'm thinking of upgrading my NIC to a gigabit model, and read
elsewhere that Intel devices are usually compatible with linux (drivers in the kernel).
I guess you've also got a gigabit switch?
Not sure what you mean. The card will connect to a Draytek Vigor 2800v ADSL2/2+ router.
Unless your ADSL provides better than 100 Mb/s, a gigabit card won't give you any improvement. So, if you're only connecting to ADSL, you're wasting your money. On the other hand, if you have other local computers with gigabit ports, then you will get some benefit networking with those computers, provided you have a gigabit switch to connect them.
OK. Thanks for this info. It looks as if I need to tweak my networking configuration. Bob -- Bob Williams System: Linux 3.4.11-2.16-desktop Distro: openSUSE 12.2 (x86_64) with KDE Development Platform: 4.9.5 "release 3" Uptime: 06:00am up 8 days 13:12, 5 users, load average: 0.16, 0.28, 0.81 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org