Subj : Re: Ethernet switches
To   : Nightfox
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sat Aug 10 2024 08:28:00

-=> Nightfox wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 Ni> I didn't think many computers had more than a gigabit Ethernet port.  I
 Ni> built my main desktop PC in 2019, which I don't think is that long ago,
 Ni> and I'm using the ethernet on the motherboard, which is 1.0 gigabit.  I
 Ni> suppose there are probably PCI Express 2.5GBe cards I could buy, and I
 Ni> guess after 5 years, it may be more common to have faster than 1.0
 Ni> gigabit Ethernet on a motherboard.

I watch a lot of homelab videos on YouTube, PCIe 2.5gb cards are getting
cheap. You can make a pretty decent NAS out of an old Dell i7 desktop, a
handful of drives, and a 2.5gb card or two.


 
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