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Remaining manufacturers of non-Realtek NICs

L1011 · 2015-09-07 09:21:47

I'm having some serious issues with Realtek-chipped NICs, basically just being the heaps of junk they always are. Intel is the obvious choice but the Pro1000 CT, the normal priced card, is out of stock nearly everywhere at the moment. Does anyone know offhand if there's any other manufacturers using, say, Broadcom or…

07-09-2015 10:21AM

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I'm having some serious issues with Realtek-chipped NICs, basically just being the heaps of junk they always are.

Intel is the obvious choice but the Pro1000 CT, the normal priced card, is out of stock nearly everywhere at the moment.

Does anyone know offhand if there's any other manufacturers using, say, Broadcom or Marvel chipsets on PCI-e NICs?

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#2 10-09-2015 02:54PM

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Somehow, after telling me they had no stock, Scan have delivered me 4 (OEM packaging) Intel Pro1000 CTs. Problem solved, for now (I hope!)

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