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    Consumer grade compatible NIC needed

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      seqteq
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      Sorry for not doing my research but I'm kinda in a bind

      I've had a router fail and have to make an emergency box out of an i3 based pc with PCI-e slots

      I'm driving from bfe to Lexington Ky, if anyone has good experience with a NIC found at like a best buy or similar please let m know.

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        Best Buy
        South Park
        3220 Nicholasville Rd
        Lexington, KY 40503
        USA
        Today opened
        10:00AM–9:00PM

        intel pro 1000 ct pcie or any intel pcie adapter would going

        But as I see it right BestBuy has only 5 NICs to sell by their own, the rest are from resellers!
        –----------------------------
        KyTrade Computer Services
        373 Virginia Ave Ste 140
        Lexington, KY 40504
        Vereinigte Staaten
        Today open
        10:00AM–5:00PM


        Computer Pieces and Parts
        908 Liberty Rd
        Lexington, KY 40505
        Vereinigte Staaten
        Today open
        12:00AM–4:00PM

        You will be having you best luck here as I see it right!

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          seqteq
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          Thanks Frank  :)

          Well that was a fun day. Responses I got:
          Best Buy: "we have them on the website"
          Small shop #1: "what do you mean? Like hard line?"
          Small shop #2: "we carry intellinet"

          The intellinet actually worked, turns out it was a Realtek rtl8618b which wasn't recognized by BIOS until I set PCI-E to gen 1. Then I had to turn off the cards BIOS boot override

          Config restored reinstalling packages now. I hope someone down here buys me a beer  :P

          Shopping for a new box now

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