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    Enable "device polling" is really a good idea with Realtek Nics ?

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      Elbarto last edited by

      Hi,

      I want to know if the "device polling" option in pfsense is a good option if we have realtek Network card ?

      does realtek NIC support this feature ?

      thanks

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        sullrich last edited by

        Realteks are horrible.  If you want to do something really positive, dump those nics and switch to intel.

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          Juve last edited by

          Yes ! drop the noname cards.

          I would recommend you Intel or 3com cards wich are pretty cheap nowadays in bulk packages.
          Like you can read in other posts in this section I suffer a lot with broadcom ones so I advise you not to play with :-(

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            energy last edited by

            Is this nic Intel PRO/100S good enough if u put 3 of them in a pfsense box cause they are desktop adapters? same story with Intel 1000MT nics.

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              abcdefg1675 last edited by

              @energy:

              Is this nic Intel PRO/100S good enough if u put 3 of them in a pfsense box cause they are desktop adapters? same story with Intel 1000MT nics.

              I havent used intel PRO's with Freebsd/pfsense… but as far as using them under windows, they were by far one of the better (if not best) cards for throughput, and not bogging down the rest of the system.

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