FYI I picked up an Intel I350-T4 adapter off ebay for $43.00 and it works great.. Nice having 4 ports..
On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 5:12 AM, Lonnie Cumberland <[email protected]> wrote: > Ian, do you have a suggestion as to which PCI card would be best? I know > that there are many out there. Just gathering input to maximize > compatibility. > > Thanks, > Lopnnie > > On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 5:02 AM, Lonnie Cumberland <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Yea, I think that you are correct, Ian. >> >> I think that I'll grab one and do just that approach. >> >> Cheers, >> Lonnie >> >> On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 11:11 PM, Ian Collins <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On 08/11/17 12:35, Lonnie Cumberland wrote: >>> >>>> Greetings All, >>>> >>>> As a short test to play around a bit, I just tried to boot up the >>>> latest SmartOS on my AMD 64-bit HP Pavilion A7-1461 PC that I have been >>>> running Ubuntu 16.04 and although it does boot up reasonably well, but I >>>> found that it does not recognize my network cards "Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 >>>> Gigabit Ethernet" and "Broadcom Limited BCM43228 802.11 a/b/g/n" wireless. >>>> >>>> The SmarOS Hardware Requirements pointed me over to >>>> http://illumos.org/hcl/ >>>> >>>> and sure enough, the Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 Gigabit Ethernet is >>>> supported, but not the Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet. >>>> The Broadcom Limited BCM43228 is not even on the list and I guess that is >>>> due to it being wireless. >>>> >>>> Also looked at Freenic : http://freenicdrivers.la.coocan.jp/ but no >>>> luck either. >>>> >>>> Had the same problems when booting up OpenIndiana Hipster recently as >>>> well. >>>> >>>> Stick an Intel NIC in the box and all will be well. >>> >>> -- >>> Ian. >>> >> >> > *smartos-discuss* | Archives > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/26772761-5af1dc68> | > Modify > <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> > Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> > -- Greg http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregtreantos ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
