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    NIC suggestions wanted

    Thanks for the info. Your last sentence concerns me a bit, as I plan to gradually phase out XP Pro over the next couple years, for Linux...so "IE" would be replaced by a Linux browser (probably not Firefox). All the routers I'm considering are "1000base-tx", but will no IE be a future problem...
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    NIC suggestions wanted

    Thanks for the reply. There looks to be a good selection of model numbers for the Intel gigabit CT card. Are they all the same, or is there one in particular I should aim to get? Will this card work with all brands of router, or is it picky?
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    Routers & switches

    After a lot of google research, I think you all are spot on. Whatever gains from 'jumbo-frames' on the WAN do not look worth the extensive effort I have put into finding a capable router. So I will skip it, and now focus on finding a router that is: 1. Linux friendly - As a newbie I do not...
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    NIC suggestions wanted

    Need to buy a wired gigabit PCIe card with at least 4K 'jumbo frames' capability on its gigabit WAN, and it must work with Linux (Debian 5.0 or Ubuntu 9.04). Its for my desktop PC. Recommendations?
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    Routers & switches

    I know very little about this stuff...just what I've read here and there: http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/lanwan-features/30201-need-to-know-jumbo-frames-in-small-networks Articles like this gave me the impression that jumbo-frames was used on WAN (I have little interest in LAN as I'll...
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    Routers & switches

    Is it really necessary to have both a switch and router to get 'jumbo frame' capability? Will not a router with 'jumbo frame' be enough to act as go-between for ADSL2+ modem and gigabit NIC?
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