Newegg.com - A great place to buy computers, computer parts, electronics, software, accessories, and DVDs online. With great prices, fast shipping, and top-rated customer service - Newegg shopping upgraded ™
If you are reading this message, Please click this link to reload this page.(Do not use your browser's "Refresh" button). Please email us if you're running the latest version of your browser and you still see this message.
Newegg.com - Computer Parts, Laptops, Electronics, HDTVs, Digital Cameras and More!
Ships from United States. Most customers receive within 2-10 days.
Sold and Shipped by Technology Galaxy
LOADING...
INTEL PRO 1000/GT PCI ENET
Pros: Great hardware
Cons: Linux driver bug (for older kernels)
Other Thoughts:
I purchased this for an old machine still running kernel 2.6.32 (Ubuntu 10.04) who's on-board NIC became troublesome. Essentially the problem I had was that the NIC would cycle up/down endlessly.
/var/log/syslog:
e1000: eth2 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
bridge-eth2: up
bridge-eth2: down
nfs: server not responding, timed out
e1000: eth2 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
bridge-eth2: up
bridge-eth2: down
nfs: server not responding, timed out
Yes the nfs shares were mounted with the -hard option. Yes this sucked BIG TIME!!!
Research finally revealed that there was a known bug in the e1000 driver for the 82541PI chipset. That bug was subsequently fixed upstream and my own testing under kernel 4..4.0 (Ubuntu 16.04) confirms this NIC works as expected. Updating this LAN-only box has been avoided to date due to complications, but was planned for updating this winter already, so should work as expected soon enough. Until then, this NIC sits in it's original packaging.
Pros: Auto Detects in Windows server 2003
Cons:
No supported drivers for server 2003. Specs stated drivers were available, but there was no cd, and the link provided did not have any supported drivers for Server 2003 that worked.
When you click the auto executable to install, there is no selection to install drivers - like the documentation claims. It seems Intel messed up the easy way to instal. So, when I tried to manually install the card it would not work with the drivers in the download. When it did detect through MS windows up date, it only detected 100MB not 1GH that I needed the card for. This is a very deceptive way to do business, and I will not be buying from INTEL again when I am looking for NIC cards.
Pros:
* Good performance.
* Hassle-free driver installation.
Cons: * None have been noted to date.
Other Thoughts:
We used one of these cards to get a UNIX server back on line after the embedded 1000Base-T hardware failed. The target server is running SCO OpenServer 5 and we picked this card because it has a compatible SCO driver in VOL format. Installation went without a hitch, and in less than 15 minutes the server was up and running.
We have also used these cards in desktop machines with various Windows flavors. Installation was uneventful in all cases.
We recommend this product.
Pros: Intel Pro GT Desktop Adapters are IMHO the BEST NIC's available for desktop systems. The reliability of these are great and they have great software to go with them. Intel is still making recent drivers for these systems including Windows XP. If you use older systems, you can still get driers for Windows 98se, DOS and various other systems. These are in plain boxes which is fine since I do not need a fancy Retail box. We insist on Intel NIC's at work since they have the least problems and they work reliably.
Cons: None. PCI, but not really a choice as some of these older systems I have still have PCI instead of PCI-e.
Other Thoughts: If you are tired of your "built-in" NIC, then I would recommend you get some of these great cards. INTEL does a great job with these devices and my next purchase will be for the PCI-e version since my new system still does not use an Intel NIC!
Pros: Works great and didn't need the drivers disc or to download drivers from the internet.
Cons: None
Other Thoughts:
Dell Dimension 4600 specs
-Case: Dell Micro-ATX Mini Tower
-Motherboard: Dell Intel 865 chipset socket 478 Micro-ATX motherboard
-Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor supporting HT Technology 3.40 GHz, 512K Cache, 800 MHz FSB
-RAID Controller: SYBA SD-SATA150R PCI 2.2 SATA Controller Card
-Optical Reader Drive: LITE-ON Black 4X BD-ROM 8X DVD-ROM 32X CD-ROM SATA Internal 4X Blu-ray Reader Model iHOS104-06 - OEM
-Optical Writer Drive: LITE-ON 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 12X DVD-RAM 8X BD-ROM 8MB Cache SATA H/H Internal BD Writer with Nero Essential IHBS312-98
-Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive x2
-Memory: PNY Optima 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Desktop Memory Model MD2048KD1-400 x2
-Power Supply: Antec BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
-Network Card: Intel PWLA8391GT PRO/1000 GT Desktop Adapter 10/ 100/ 1000Mbps PCI 1 x RJ45 - OEM
-Video Card: SAPPHIRE 100228L Radeon HD 3850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X HDCP Ready Video Card
-Sound Card: Creative 70SB073A00000 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer
-Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 32-bit - OEM
Pros: If you want a reliable and durable card, this one is for you.
Cons: A bit pricey
Comments: Not a con but the only reason im not using it currently is because I have the Crosshair V Formula Thunderbolt.
Loading...

Newegg’s website and online services use cookies and similar technology for a number of reasons: Some technologies allow the site to function. These functional cookies are required to use the site and complete purchases. Another set of technologies improve the browsing experience and personalize it. Here are all the details about Newegg’s Cookie and Privacy Policies. Please select and accept your settings before you continue. Thank you.
Newegg’s website and online services use cookies and similar technology for a number of reasons: Some technologies allow the site to function. These functional cookies are required to use the site and complete purchases. Another set of technologies improve the browsing experience and personalize it. Here are all the details about Newegg’s Cookie and Privacy Policies. Please select and accept your settings before you continue. Thank you.
To use this third-party content we need your approval to share your data with them. Here are all the details about Newegg’s Cookie and Privacy Policies. Please accept if you wish to continue with third-party features. Thank you.
Pros: Still works
Does operate at 125MB/s sustained
Cons: As of this review a gigabit ethernet port card still costs $27. I paid $33 for it in 2007!