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Re: Gigabit card recommendations



> More specifically, not knowing huge amounts about 1000BaseWHATEVER, my
> questions include:
> 
> 1. Are all the supported chipsets/cards able to do 10/100/1000
> auto-sense / switching ?

No, but the manual pages say which can.

> 2. Cards (copper) range in price in the UK from about $100 to over
> $700 - is there really that much in it ?

Yes.  Do we explain what the issues are?  No.  Because it changes model
to model.

> 3. Any issues with VLAN support with any specific chipsets / cards ?

Yes, there are some issues with some.

This is a complicated issue.  Basically, with these cards "you get what
you pay for".