[geeks] Cheap multiport PCI 10/100 ethernet cards?

[Dan Duncan]

On Sun, 1 Aug 2004, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> > How about using USB?  They're cheap and don't take up any slots.
>
> USB is not *great* for that kind of application, since all devices share
> one controller -

Two buses are pretty much standard now.

> now, of course, USB 2.0 has enough bandwidth to make use
> of a couple network adapters

Especially with 2 buses.

> but the reall answer may be one of the
> cappachino PCs (previously linked to in this thread) with the 4 built-in
> ethernet ports...
>
> Or a case that can accomodate multiple "short" PCI cards, or a couple
> "long" PCI cards...

Depends on the budget and the job. 10BT USB NICs cost almost nothing
and if they'll do the job...

-DanD

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