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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>[ Happy 4<sup>th</sup> everyone! ]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On a slightly more expensive topic, I was thinking of building a new NAS but using 10G ethernet. I’ve been messing around with Proxmox lately and I’d like for the servers and iSCSI storage to all be 10G. It’ll just be for my home-lab, nothing production. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have also seen that Thunderbolt 4 and 5 support some crazy data transfer speeds, it would be interesting to try a Thunderbolt to 10G ethernet adapter.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>/Raj<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Ale <ale-bounces@ale.org> on behalf of Bob Toxen via Ale <ale@ale.org><br><b>Reply-To: </b>Bob Toxen <transam@verysecurelinux.com>, Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale@ale.org><br><b>Date: </b>Thursday, July 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM<br><b>To: </b>Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale@ale.org><br><b>Cc: </b>Bob Toxen <transam@verysecurelinux.com><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [ale] Ot: cheap lan cards<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Do these work with Linux?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Why so against Realtek?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I've been using them (10 & 100 Mbit) for 20-30 years with Linux with<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>with zero problems.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Bob<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Jul 03, 2025 at 11:41:50AM -0400, Calvin Harrigan via Ale wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #B5C4DF 4.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-right:0in' id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE"><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 7/3/2025 11:28 AM, DJPfulio--- via Ale wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> On 7/2/25 17:31, Boris Borisov via Ale wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> > Microcenter Duluth perhaps Marietta as well have 99 cents gigabit<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> > network cards.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> Brand and chips used??? It matters.?? I won't touch realtek NICs.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> _______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> Ale mailing list<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> <a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> <a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> <a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Seems the cards are:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>HiRO H50218 10/100/1000 Internal PCI Express with Realtek Chipsets.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.microcenter.com/product/680735/hiro-h50218-10-100-1000-internal-pci-express">https://www.microcenter.com/product/680735/hiro-h50218-10-100-1000-internal-pci-express</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>A slightly deeper dig indicates the chipset might specifically be Realtek<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>RTL8111E.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'd use these for playing around, not for anything of even the slightest<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>importance.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Calvin Harrigan<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ale mailing list<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ale mailing list<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>