Hi Roland, ok, if you do not want to use a server mainboard, did you check the mainboards from Intel? I assume that they will use their own network chips on it... And I think there a board that are not too expensive (compared against server boards).
Regards Mathias > Karl Reichert wrote: > > Mathias Koehrer wrote: > >> the Intel Pro/1000 chip is not outdated at all. > >> Many professional (server) mainboards are using this chip. > >> E.g. look at the www.supermicro.com web page for server mainboards. > >> There are many mainboards that have 2 Intel Gigabit NICs onboard > >> which work fine with rtnet. > >> Also there are PCI or PCIe adapters available from Intel that work fine > >> aswell. > > > > I can confirm that. I'm using an Intel Pro/1000 (driver rt_e1000) network > card with RTnet and the driver works fine. This card is sold for 35 EUR in > germany, for example at www.reichelt-elektronik.de > > I also use the intel Pro/1000, the realtek 8139, nationalsemi (natsemi) > conductor chip, SysKonnect, (Sys98...) and Via Rhine which all work with > rtnet. Only thing is that I cannot find a current motherboard with any > of the above chips at the moment. > > What is the exact specification of the intel chips that work. > > I do have the drawback that I would not want a board that is too > expensive either which makes server mainboards a less attractive choice. > > Regards, > > Roland > > > > Karl > > > -- Mathias Koehrer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Viel oder wenig? Schnell oder langsam? Unbegrenzt surfen + telefonieren ohne Zeit- und Volumenbegrenzung? DAS TOP ANGEBOT FÜR ALLE NEUEINSTEIGER Jetzt bei Arcor: günstig und schnell mit DSL - das All-Inclusive-Paket für clevere Doppel-Sparer, nur 34,95 inkl. DSL- und ISDN-Grundgebühr! http://www.arcor.de/rd/emf-dsl-2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ RTnet-users mailing list RTnet-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rtnet-users
