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      Elamigosam last edited by

      Hi, i am setting up this new pfsense box to replace my current one that has an older motherboard and make a lot of noise, any how, i was looking for a dual network card by intel of corse and i saw some cheap ones $20 - $40 on ebay, and also i saw some expensive ones $100 - $200

      My question is: would they work the same, i think there must be a difference, but i dont know what it is.  Could i setup my pfsense box with a cheap $25 dual Gb network card or should i put out the money for the more expensive one

      Here is one example:
      http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=301524409720

      Here is one i would like to get:
      http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=311273219185

      Thanks for any info.

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        Retrograde last edited by

        I bought a used Intel one off of amazon for 40 bucks that worked great in my PFsense box: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BMZHX2/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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        • stephenw10
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator last edited by

          Either of those cards should work fine. Tempted to go for the Dell just because it has Intel written on it.

          Steve

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          • Derelict
            Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate last edited by

            @Retrograde:

            I bought a used Intel one off of amazon for 40 bucks that worked great in my PFsense box: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BMZHX2/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

            Does that use the em driver?

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              Guest last edited by

              Hello Elamigosam,

              at first you will go with Intel based or original Intel NICs at best as I see it right,
              but there are two different ones, desktopadapter and serveradapters
              and the server adapters comes with a own DSP soldered on the NIC and this is taking
              much load from the main CPU from the pfSense, and the desktop NIC is not doing this.

              Some cheap ones $20 - $40 on ebay, and also i saw some expensive ones $100 - $200

              please see above.

              My question is: would they work the same, i think there must be a difference, but i dont know what it is.  Could i setup my pfsense box with a cheap $25 dual Gb network card or should i put out the money for the more expensive one

              For a home setup you can surely go with the cheaper ones.

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                Guest last edited by

                I bought three of these for 9.99 each and all three work like a champ as a triple nic setup.

                http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemVersion&item=311310801614&view=all&tid=560272591021

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                • stan-qaz
                  stan-qaz last edited by

                  That link isn't working for me, can you post something I can use for an ebay search?

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