There is any actual reason to use a network card over the integrated one?
Why are they still a thing?
Even my pentium 3 had integrated ethernet
>>55030569
Wi-Fi
>>55030581
/thread
>>55030569
they can be much better under load depending on the make
check pfsense boards
also depending on your needs you may want several ports or faster speeds than your integrated provides
None. You can already use your android phone as a wifi router btw (pdanet).
>>55030581
>Wi-Fi
No unless you need more than 1 port some reason.
they are meme hardware just like sound cards and dvd/dv/bd drives
>>55030678
You can tell the difference between onboard and a cheap $30 sound card.
>>55030569
>There is any actual reason to use a network card over the integrated one?
The integrated one might be shit, not have enough ports, or not be of the speed you want it.
>>55030773
Or it just might not work and you don't want a new mobo.
I got the Asus Z170 Deluxe and it has insanely fast inbuilt wifi and lan, and fantastic integrated sound. Discrete cards why?
>>55030842
10 Gigabit ethernet
I set up secondary pc for occasional gaymen, which I use with Synergy over a crosslink cable for convenience sake. When using the onboard NIC, Synergy randomly drops connection somewhere the fraction of a second and a solid minute. I haven't had those problems since using a separate network card.
>>55030569
I have have an MSI motherboard (got it on sale) which uses Killer networking. It's terrible. Doesn't work some of the time, sometimes switches off and on, or it has memoryleaks. That's why I use one
>>55030786
This is the only reason i have ever bothered with network cards. Missing or broken ports.
>>55030569
10GB, multiport, Infiniband, offloading, FCAL, bad onboard...
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio...
>>55030678
>>55030746
I hate how they always put those shitty Realtek cards onto motherboards.
>>55030569
you want a non shitty intel nic ?
You want multiple nics?
>>55030569
>Even my pentium 3 had integrated ethernet
How the fuck did your CPU have an integrated NIC?
>>55031113
autistic much? he obviously ment his dell pc.
I'll stick with my 1gb onboard nic. Least till 10gb nics for home use finally arrive. Will have to totally redesign my network from ground up when that day happens though. Really though unless your transferring multi terabyte worth of data all the time 1gb should be fine. Restoring a full backup of my server's data (over 7TB) would take 6-7 days but hey better than taking me several months to restore it all from scratch that is even if I could replace it all. some data is several yrs old.
>>55030842
Does it have an Intel NIC?
>>55030569
you need 10 gigabit
you need additional NICs
you need different networking standards
I live in an apartment and since there was no easy solution for the catcable I decided to go for wireless instead. I get 98% of my wired speeds and no problems thus far.
Technology sure has come along way.
>>55031805
Enjoy not having full duplex and I highly doubt you can get gigabit speed over wireless, even right next to the AP.
to connect another PC to yours while having ethernet based net connectivity
>>55031817
I only pay for 300 so it's enough for me. It's obviously not perfect but it seems to be sufficient for my purposes.
Some asshole is infiltrated my network spoofing his pc with my NICs MAC address, and since my NIC wont support changing it, i need one of those.
>>55032000
kek wifi
>>55031056
At least Realtek ones get driver updates, unlike Soundmax, VIA, C-Media or IDT
>>55031817
>I highly doubt you can get gigabit speed over wireless
It's 2016 at the moment, Chacho.
>>55032149
And we have wireless AC which is good for 866Mbit/s, half duplex.
>>55030626
>pfsense
/thread
>>55030569
I once had my ethernet-based internet connection connected to a PCI ethernet card instead of onboard. Because of storms (place on a hill, ethernet comes from a place that can get lighting hit) and sure, after about two years, a storm fired the LAN. At first it looked like it is fine but after a day it started to throw errors and next day after that the PHY would just not see the cable at all.
So the precaution actually happened to work.
>>55030569
link aggregation
>>55030569
all i know is that this thing offers pretty good BT range. haven't really used the wifi part.
>>55032007
What does wifi have to do with this?
>>55032428
that's why your network was compromised.
>>55031549
>>55032495
How is this in any way relevant to what he said?
I picked up a nice used two port Intel gigabit Ethernet adapter for $35 at my local mom and pop shop. A good addition to my home networking lab. The VLAN and jumbo frame support is nice.
>>55032627
I pad 15 bucks for that.
average network card cost - $10
killer network card cost - $200
it is therefore 20x better
>>55032651
I remember seeing ads for this kind of shit on Battlenet a long time ago. Like a gigabit interface will improve your ping over two megabit connection.
>>55032705
Someone posted some ad for it where the Windows was a maze for normal cards and this thing was capable of bypassing it
Chances are if you need multiple NICs or something you'll get a motherboard with just that.
So, yeah, besides WiFi they're useless.
>>55032745
killer looked like they were going to go under for their first few years but they've memed their way onto gayming laptops.
>>55032769
Not everything is consumer shit, buddy.
>>55032651
I got one for $15 when they were on the way out. I have to admit the ping times are better and it has some really nice features in the driver's (IP range blocking, automatic forwarding, private DNS, port spoofing etc etc) but not really 200 bucks worth. I still use it really, it's a shame this type of thing didn't catch on and was so expensive. It's very useful at times to have all of that integrated into one piece of software.
>>55032598
Sorry..Pretending to be the CIA
>>55032845
>CIA
>>55032782
Exactly my point?
>>55030569
Bridging.
For a normal person, no there is no reason unless your built in one breaks.
>>55030569
If you had Comcast's 2,000 Mbps internet, you'd need a 10 Gb one, among other things.
I very recently bought an old-fashioned PCI modem so I could connect my landline to my computer and use it as a caller id.
>>55030569
In case you want to take advantage of link aggregation and your motherboard only has one, or you want a 10Gbps link and your built-in card is only 1Gbps?
>>55032460
No, actually its not. It was done by someone in russia, and they did it through remote desktop connectioms being left on and the account unlocked on the PC. It was on a windows server 2012 home lab. Wifi had nothing to do with it, at all.
>>55032779
lololololollolololol
that's legit less than 0.001ms either way
Hijacking your thread. What is the current status of 10gig ethernet? Last I checked switches were still $500+
>>55032334
i was getting 580mb/s with that at my old house.
never used the BT though
>>55034141
You can get LB6Ms for like 350 or so, now. PCI-E adapters still cheap, especially SFP+ ones.
>>55034334
What about doing it over copper?
>>55034347
Twinax or a base-T media converter.
>>55032651
I got one of these in a box of special K
>>55032845
CIA nigger detected, alerting Terry Davis.
>>55030881
>>55030991
>>55031549
People who actually know what they are talking about.
>>55030569
my internal one got damaged by lightning strike so I use the card
>>55033717
placebo effect m8
when you drop $200 on it, you "WILL" notice a difference. see: audio losers
>>55032779
by the way if there's any animators / videofags who ever see this, to get 10 year old revenge on bigfoot, you should animate the red and yellow arrows so that they arrive at the GAME at the same time, then have a ">$200" overlay it or something
>>55030569
a thunderstorm burned my onboard. I dont want to buy a new motherboard when this happens.
>>55030746
What if I play my music over a gpu HDMI slot?
>>55030569
-there are still cheap mobos without gigabit
-there are a few (usually gaymen) mobos with meme chips, that 1. have serious problems 2. don't work with linux/BSD or both
-servers
Driver issues.
That's the only reason.
I have driver issues on my old computer so that uses a network card.
Most servers need more than 1 nic
>>55030569
Can your integrated Realtek-crap do VLAN? No. checkmate.
>>55030569
>not installing five network cards and aggregating them
So that if you a power surge in telephone lines your mobo will not get friend
My integrated one died after a thunderstorm and needed replacement. I'm lucky they still make these
Why are everyones' onboard network cards dying in thunderstorms?
>>55030746
that's why you buy motherboards with spdif out. Then it doesn't fucking matter if you use a soundcard or not
>>55038103
Why would your fucking client need to be able of handling VLANs? A pc shouldnt fucking care about the network
>>55030569
I had to use this after my integrated one stopped working
>>55038267
Unless you want more than 2 channels from all content, not just Dolby.
>>55038344
Why would you want that? Watching movies is a waste of time and music makes only sense in stereo, since it is (with very few exceptions) mixed in stereo
>>55030746
Only if you're so retarded you don't use digital out to a better DAC
network cards have their own processor to do stuff, integrated puts that heavy heavy burden on your cpu, which is busy enough trying to give you the most frames a second in some shitty game, why you do that to cpu?
>>55038383
>heavy heavy burden
>implying
>>55038370
>You can only notice an improvement if you lose a less reliable connection to better hardware
Please explain yourself
>>55033694
this happens all too often. i've had to clean up two cryptolocker infections in the past couple of weeks where retards left rdp open to the world and used a terrible local admin password. its incredibly easy to nmap a huge chunk of public addresses looking for open rdp and then run hydra against the results.
Can't seem to find this card on MSI website right, only a similar model number without the 10G NIC.
Anyway some X99 this not being one of them ship with 10G bulit in ethernet. Cheaper than getting a decent mobo and seperate NIC.
A 10G NIC is still about 300-400 USD if you want one with a common RJ45 contact.
>>55038366
>Why would you want that?
Because I have 6 channel content and you don't, obviously.
>>55038501
Does that thing come with extra PCI lanes for the M.2 like the Z170 by any chance?
>>55038344
Well then you do like me and just route the sound from the GPU so you can get 8-channel lossless PCM.
I run several dedicated servers with 4-20ms ping from here to NY and to CA and you think you i should i use wifi.
I got nothing to say to you retards. Youre a special brand of stupid.
>>55033694
And you're just okay with this? You don't want to, maybe, do anything about the person currently sitting in your network enjoying his free shell?
>>55038660
Are you drunk?
>>55032779
The saddest thing about this image is that it's fairly accurate to represent windows APIs as a maze with dead ends
>>55038662
Server 2012
Assumes doesnt use VM
????
Profit
>>55038267
there are motherboards without spdif out?
>>55038103
>Can your integrated Realtek-crap do VLAN?
Wait, why wouldn't it be able to? VLAN is done in the network stack, not the NIC
>>55038675
Are you blind?
I get 2ms response inside my own network. I get 4-6 inside the city on wired connections.
The worst latency I ever got was 110-120 from someone in russia connecting.
>>55038678
How does using Server 2012 change the fact that JESUS FUCKING CHRIST SOMEBODY IS IN YOUR NETWORK RIGHT NOW KILL IT WITH FIRE?
>>55034404
Lol
>>55038702
>I get 2ms response inside my own network.
How the fuck do you manage that? I get like 0.1ms-0.2ms in mine.
>>55038702
>you think you i should i
>I got nothing
I was asking a genuine question, but feel free to make assumptions. You're using something specific for an actual reason, I believe that.
>>55031817
I get 90+MB sometimes on my 5ghz channels with like, Wifi Transfers from android->PC or raid drive->Android.
>>55038714
Have to explain vm... are you fucking kidding. Do you need a lesson how vpns work too? First find your mouse. It has two buttons and is probably next the keyboard (the thing with all the butons)
>>55034974
Only time I could tell a difference was with a Xonar and $1k in speakers+dac+amp at high volume.
It was nice shaking the entire house with no distortion from YT videos, though.
>>55038725
I dont use fiber thats how. The specs of cat5e say thats about impossible. Too much resistance
>>55038779
No fiber in this network m8, just CAT5 (not even CAT5e)
Look, this is me pinging my shit router which is 2 floors below me connected by a few dozen meters of CAT5 inside my walls--- 192.168.0.1 ping statistics ---
14 packets transmitted, 14 received, 0% packet loss, time 13002ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.446/0.598/1.022/0.168 ms
something is seriously fucked in your network
>>55038660
>and you think you i should
drunk
>>55038726
Signal speed and strength is exactly like lightning. It works the same way and travels the same way (considering wired and wifi)
In wifi everything between the connections are like rubber or other resistance for it to go through. Wire=tunnel
>>55038797
Dude. LMAO your pinging yourself. Use a different comp matey.
>>55038766
>>55038812
You need to be 18 or older to browse this site
>>55038824
You serously just asked your computer to measure the response time of.... YOUR COMPUTER.
if you dont have another machine at least ping your router
>>55038867
He IS pinging his router you retard, 192.168.0.1 is the gateway
>>55038867
You need to be 18 or older to browse this site
>>55038867
i think you're thinking of 127.0.0.1
>>55034974
Bitch please,I have a Sound Blaster XF-i Xtreme Gamer and it is amazing.Best part is,paid only $35 for it.Never ceases to amaze me,even the audio on my brand new Acer laptop has nothing against it.
I use that thing coz my intecrated doesn't work for no reason.
>>55038797--- 172.16.16.2 ping statistics ---
24 packets transmitted, 24 received, 0% packet loss, time 22998ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.140/0.320/1.010/0.262 ms
Rib mate, just rib.
Oddly I get really high pings if I try to ping to wireless devices on my network but if I do a speedtest on those devices they still get sub 20ms pings to the speedtest server, so there must be some fuckery going on with wired to wireless shit. I may have to investigate this shit further.
Thanks for making me find a new problem with my network to solve though.
For context, this is what pinging yourself looks like--- 172.16.16.20 ping statistics ---
8 packets transmitted, 8 received, 0% packet loss, time 6998ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.033/0.049/0.065/0.011 ms
I sincerely hope you never get above 0.1ms when pinging yourself, god help you if you reach 1ms.
And here is the crazy ping results I get to wireless devices.--- 172.16.31.198 ping statistics ---
18 packets transmitted, 18 received, 0% packet loss, time 17007ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1.304/401.555/898.854/298.018 ms
Something odd is definitely going on here.
I use one because my integrated one got killed by lightning
Fibre NICs
This is pinging from a wireless device to the server I was pinging from before.
Some fuckery is definitely going on with the wired to wireless, but not with wireless to wired. It could just be ICMP packets getting fucked with, if I speedtest I can get a solid 80Mb/s result, which is about what you expect from an N network.
>>55038956
I only bought integrated when I switched up to Win7 Pro up from XP Pro.XP sure puts more system resources into networking compared to 7,since I couldn't connect due to weak signal using the onboard wireless card.
>>55039039
>wireless is shit
yes
>>55038662
Of course im not trying to just let the fucker steal my internet to download cp and god knows what else. I already formatted the system and reinstalled, i dont think he ever had direct access to my modem/router though, just my PC itself (its an att uverse device that requires a device access code printed on the device itself) . He used my PCs mac address to route his packets through my router/modem.
He was using a mikrotik router to establish an ftp connection but the cmd dialog he stupidly left open showed 0 bytes transfered and a lost connection midway through. Maybe some skid learning, maybe hes still in my network. Att modem/routers have IP addresses and MAC address tied to the unit itself. Should i ask them for a new one?
>>55040293
If he's no longer in your network then your Mac address wouldn't still be colliding, genius
>>55040523
My mac address is not colliding though, i can still connect to my network with the original NIC if i choose to
>>55038274
>Why would your fucking client need to be able of handling VLANs?
For 802.11q, you fucktard.
>>55038701
Yes, but it'll handle it on the card rather than the main CPU
>>55040648
???
>>55040545
Then what was all this shit about?
>Some asshole is infiltrated my network spoofing his pc with my NICs MAC address, and since my NIC wont support changing it, i need one of those.
If your NIC still works fine, why do you need a new one? Something about your story doesn't quite line up
>>55041248
He didnt break my NIC, he is tricking my router into thinking he is me. So, since my NIC wont support changing the MAC i need to block that MAC on my router and use a different NIC .
Sorry i guess i did leave that part out, i need to block the MAC he is using to spoof the connection
>>55030569
power surge killed my motherboard's nic.
My killer nic increases fps and decreases ping
>>55041327
>Sorry i guess i did leave that part out, i need to block the MAC he is using to spoof the connection
So he's still in your network
>>55032015
>mfw have 2 oldass auzentech cards
>cant find shit for them
still work great though
>>55030569
Onboard network adapters have been known to fail. Also, not all onboard ones support wake on LAN.
i dont have electricity protection so if a thunder strikes near the internet cable is gonna fry my mobo
now if i ahve pci card it burns card and mobo remains intact
>>55032007
>>55041327
this is what it looks like when you learn everything you know about networking from gaming forums.
>>55030569
1. Takes load off of CPU
(not that big of a deal if you got a modern system but if you deal with low energy, embedded or old systems then not having one can be a deal breaker)
2. Compatibility
(many integrated based ones use old Microsoft code, which doesn't always play nice with everything)
3. Speed
(dedicated hard coding can increase speeds in ways soft coding just can't match)
4. Protection
(some cards can support partly isolated firewalls and malware detection)
5.Wi-fi
(not every integrated system does wi-fi (and as a paranoid nut (according to my friends) I hope it never does))
6. Fail safe
(pic, the mother of all internal network cards, with the newest dial-up micro controller chip (yes, they are still developing them, because they work) this will could actually get you internet after a nuclear war if your network provided still follows 70s DoD protocols (which new optic fiber doesn't support because people don't take the threats seriously any more))
>>55041518
Enlighten us then why dont you, faggit
>>55041368
Idk probably, i cant take care of it now though since in not in town
>>55032651
I would consider buying one if it weren't for that stupid ugly logo on it.
>>55041518
WiFi is far less secure than wired networking, fuck outta here.
>>55030786
This. I've seen integrated network ports die the second most next to hard drives. Current one on my six year old motherboard intermitantly stops working so I've just got a spare pci 1gbe card plugged in for hot swapping.
>>55041826
>Takes load off of CPU
This has nothing to do with integrated vs discrete. My Intel integrated NIC supports ToE and other offloads.
>>55041826
>(pic, the mother of all internal network cards, with the newest dial-up micro controller chip (yes, they are still developing them, because they work) this will could actually get you internet after a nuclear war if your network provided still follows 70s DoD protocols (which new optic fiber doesn't support because people don't take the threats seriously any more))
what is this rambling about, my dude?
>>55041963
well enjoy somebody freeloading on your network and probably downloading CP and spying on you and masturbating to it
>>55032000
are you securing your network with only mac pooling liek a retard?
>>55042103
short version
New high performance 56k dial-up card
longer version
US Robotics is still making and improving dial-up technology, to Cold War specs. You can buy the most advanced Enterprise grade 56k dial-up cards from them, which supports the newer V.92 rather then the more common V.90 and is even Windows 10 compatible (assuming you would ever use 10?). But new high speed fiber optic lines don't support all the features so depending on where you live it may not matter if you can afford it or not.
>>55042268
What features do these 'cold war' specs provide?
>>55042373
all sorts of things modern things can't do, I don't remember them all the list are not easy reading
Mostly interface capabilities for many "obsolete" standards and a huge list of backwards compatibility options
>>55042576
So you have no idea what you're talking about, then.
>>55042262
What other measures can i take on the router level? He has my public IP which doesnt really change often with att, since the public IPs are tied to the devices or so i hear.
On the afflicted PC which he used to gain netowrk access ive already foratted, and set up policies that block just about all inbound connections and rdp is turned off.
He had me at a vulnerable point where i just installed server 2012, wanted to play around a bit,but didnt set up any policies or firewalls, and then i had to leave town suddenly.
Does anyone know what damage he may have done? The only evidence i have of any of this was a cmd box he left open with an ftp connection from his jenky mikrotik router, and i have the IP he used to connect (russian ip)
>>55043053
Pic very related. All i could gather was this is done to steal my internets
>>55043053
>He has my public IP
>>55043053
>Change the mac address on the WAN port on your router, should give you a new IP from the pool unless you are on a static IP
>Block any in AND outgoing connections to his IP, better yet the whole IP range
>block all known tor nodes too in case the skiddie has half a brain
>disconnect all computers fro the network, reformat and reinstall
>do not connect them to the network until they are all reformatted
If all else fails contact your ISP ask for a new IP and that they block connections from his IP range.
>>55042948
I don't know all the technical stuff, but I do know I have never had a dial-up system related failure since I switch to this, regardless of which phone jack I plug in. Which is really saying something considering how many other dial-up cards I have tried over the years, which always complained about something wrong. I remember one that refused to work unless I ran Windows 95, that card was the worst.
>>55030881
this is only if you use the intranet right? ie. your own NAS server or something to watch movies downstairs or soemthing.
If your internet pkg is 10Mbps you won't ever reach that speed at all right?
>>55032334
I have that, didn't even know it was bluetooth
>>55044087
No anon if you upgrade your NIC you can achieve 1000x the speed you pay for
>>55030569
If you buy the proper mainboard - no - those should, at least on paper, cover all potential uses you could come up with.
If you buy a 50$ mainboard and decide to use it as a server or a workstation, that's you being a retard and might require extra peripherals.
>>55038501
You can't find it because it's not out yet.
None of the new mainboards shown at Computex are out yet.
>>55038501
Workstation boards have been shipping with integrated NICs capable of 10GBase-T for a while now.
>>55045488
>reset button in between rear usb ports
what a smart idea...
>>55030773
This. I bought a cheap gig card for an older box that only had fast Ethernet on board.
>>55045568
That's not a reset button.
It's a cmos clear button.
Bare in mind this is a workstation card. It's not meant for gaymores. Intelligent working people don't have sausage fingers.
>>55043660
Yeah ive blocked his entire range already, good suggestions thanks
>>55030569
I use a network card because my integrated one is fried.
>>55030569
I run a VM with GPU passthrough, and I also pass through a PCI NIC so that I can get full gigabit on both systems at the same time.
>>55045597
>Bare in mind
th-that's indecent!
>>55030569
Network cards are still big in enterprise. Like if you have a VM server and want physical interfaces for each VM.
I even built a few Vyos routers for small businesses I worked for by buying a shitty rack mount case, slapping some cheap components in it and a few network cards (one for WAN, one for LAN, and one for VPN connection)
yep, but mostly when the one from your mobo dies and you don't want to buy a new mobo for a network adapter
my brother's PC had a problem with the ethernet port (it died). I bought a PCIe one and problem solve. He don't care about videah, so there wasn't a reason to expend $100 on a new mobo
>not getting a usb nic
>>55046567
You have to be shitting me.
>>55046498
>one for VPN connection)
? It's coming in over the WAN connection family.
>>55046623
dedicated port so both the vm and the main machine can use full gigabit most likely
>>55046613
>not having a usb nic
>>55045488
>Dual 8 Pin CPU power
>Z170
Is there even a CPU that needs that much on that socket? Even my Haswell-E CPU is only single 8 pin
>>55046643
That's nonsense, stop replying.
>>55046644
>his USB NIC isn't a dolphin
>>55046645
The board has 4 x16 pci-es.
>>55046761
>tfw no dolphin nic
>>55034808
>>55032237
how is lightening frying ethernet such a common thing? I've never heard of it until this thread.
gaming
the killer nic gives you sick pings mothafucker
>>55030569
Most network cards are RJ-45, so if you want to use fiber, you need a new card.
>>55046800
my dad had his pc struck by lighting 4 times in the past 5 years i think. everytime it strikes, something burns out.
the last time it happened, his mobo was fried and had to get a new one.
He even have the fancy power bar with some lighting voltage prevention thing and even it got friend once and managed to claim from the company.
Idk man, but I'm scared to leave my pc plug in during a storm
>>55046803
You mean it either doesnt work or leaks memory?
>>55046803
>yfw my Killer nic is permanently disabled in uefi.
>>55047031
i only unplug my machine if it's a really intense storm, otherwise i keep shitposting
ironically, the only time i've had a damaged part because of power issues was recently when my UPS freaked out for no reason (it turned on and off rapidly, which killed one of my HDDs)
the mains power didn't go out or anything
>>55046765
So does my X99 board. I thought PCI-E was handled through the 24 pin Motherboard connector.
Also what's the additional 6 pin for?
I AM CONFUS.
>>55047800
The 2 8pin connectors are for the 12phase(8 CPU 4 iGPU) VRMs, the 6pin is for the PCI-E slots. I don't know what the aim is for that kind of capacity on an 1151 socket, but you don't have to use both 8 pins.
>>55045201
>>55030626
I would love to use pfsense, but my ISP is the only one that provides the kind of connection I have and it is the only thing that grants speeds above 6000kbps.
Because of that there exists only their own shitty router modem combi that works with it and you cannot configure it to just work as a modem they made sure of that.
And the thing is overstressed to hell, it runs with an old 500MHz CPU, that thing would not even be strong enough to handle a standard VDSL connection, let alone AC WLAN, VPN, and so on.
>>55030991
How much i wish 10GB or Infiniband would finaly start to turn affordable for home usage.
>>55032705
Well from what I remember they have a different priority for the protocols compared to standard NICs.
>>55049159
QDR Infiniband is reasonably priced.
>>55038797
Does the cable have 8 wires?
[spoiler]If so it is cat5e, years ago they unified the two, because it made no more sense to produce cables with 4 wires.[/spoiler]
>>55030569
onboard 1Gb ports are usually powered by a realtek chip, which is not the fastest. Intel chips are about 20% faster, but also cost more. So in most cases the Realtek one is good enough.
If you dont need something special like 10Gb or Infiniband the onboard ports are ok.
>>55049234
Will look that up.
>>55049252
Nope, 4 wires, and I only get 100 Mbps through it (not gigabit).
