Hi Mathias, > 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... Hmm I had forgotten that they make complete boards. Thanks for reminding me. Good tip.
Regards, Roland > 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 the Intel Pro/1000 chip is not outdated at all.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 >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
