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    Mini PCI-e gigabit for pfsense

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      tucansam
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      Gang,

      I have repurposed a laptop and its running as my pfsense router, doing a great job.  Just upgraded my internet service and now the 100mb PCMCIA NIC is my bottleneck… Wondering which of these two pci-e adapters would work with pfsense:

      http://www.amazon.com/Syba-Gigabit-Ethernet-Bracket-SD-MPE24031/dp/B00B524102

      http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-ExpressCard-Gigabit-Ethernet-EC1000S/dp/B003N3G1BI/ref=cm_rdp_product

      Links left cold because I don't know how the mods feel about linking to a reseller, so apologies.

      I think both use the Realtek chipset, which I know is not ideal, but.....

      Thanks.

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      • GruensFroeschliG
        GruensFroeschli
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        You could use something like this:
        http://www.spectra.de/produkte/130224/web/Handbuch-MEC-ETH-101_V1.pdf
        which uses the Intel 82583V which seems to work well with FreeBSD.

        We do what we must, because we can.

        Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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