On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 2:43 PM, ED Fochler <[email protected]> wrote: > A fair number of old, cheap 1g ethernet cards will work in the net5501. Take > note of the necessary second notch in the PCI pin section on the card. I can > absolutely verify that the netgear GA311 rev.a1 works. :-) > > http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-GA311-Gigabit-Ethernet-Adapter/dp/B0001NYJ58 > > caveats: gigabit ethernet cards tend to consume a couple of watts when > working at gbit speeds. In a normal computer you don’t notice, but the > additional power draw and heat load can be significant in a small closed box. > Also you won’t get full gbit out of it. The internal bus for PCI and/or > memory will limit you. expect < 400mbit for the simplest of tasks.
Great info. Thanks Ed. It does sound like if I need to route at near-GigE speeds, I'll need to upgrade my board. -Erik _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
