[K12OSN] Recommended Gigabit Network card?

[Peter Scheie]

Generally, it is only the server that needs a gigabit card.  100Mb is usually 
sufficient on the client.  As for the clients, most machines of the last ten 
years have some sort of PXE option in the BIOS, sometimes referred to 'boot from 
LAN' or some such.  If the machines don't have that, but have floppy drives, you 
can also use a universal boot floppy; I think there's still a link to it on the 
K12LTSP wiki.  The downside is floppies can get lost, although some people just 
hide the whole floppy drive & disk inside the case where users can't get to 
them.  Nevertheless, a NIC with a boot prom is nice, and quicker than using a 
floppy; www.disklessworkstations.com has them for US $30.

Peter

Conrad Lawes wrote:
> Do the nics you mention come in onboard PXE bootrom?
> One of Joseph's key requirements is the ability for network booting.
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> On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Phydeaux <reb at taco.com> wrote:
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>>> Have look at argontechnology's offering - $50 for NIC with PXE boot ROM
>>> onboard.
>>>
>>>
>> http://argontechnology.com/PXE-Network-Adapters/Argon-Gigabit-PCI-Ethernet-Adapter-with-Managed-PC-Boot-Agent.html
>>> Argon is based north of Toronto in Vaughan
>> For $50 you can buy a whole motherboard with on-board gigabit Ethernet!
>>
>> If all that is needed is a PCI card, they are available for USD$10-USD$15
>> in
>> all sorts of places.  In the US, Amazon has this for $12.50:
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>>   TRENDnet Gigabit PCI Adapter Card TEG-PCITXR
>>
>> reb
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