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RTFM, again. Earlier revisions of this card are said to run better, but you can't tell which revision you are buying until you buy it.Update: While above may have been true (skge vs 1000 bps), an Intel PRO/1000 card also failed to sync at 1000 bps until I upgraded my cables to Cat 5e. I installed this card in an Ubuntu 8.04 desktop system. Runs fine using skge driver EXCEPT no 1000 Gbs operation, only 100 Mbs or lower.
I recently bought two of these cards (DGE-530T) and the D-link 8-port Gigabit switch (DGS-2208) here at Amazon, and I must say that it works great.I have been able to transfer files three times as fast as before.
I find D-Link to be one of the most reliable products around and so far, I haven't seen a single problem with the product, very reliable and I highly recommend. If you've seen NICs (Network Interface Card) before, this is pretty much the standard for gigabit speed.
I had 2 onboard nics fail on me for some reason and had to put this in the computer. Didn't even have to use the cd. This works great and will keep using this product.
Unfortunately, both NICs are PCI (not PCIe) and will not be able to perform at full gigabit speeds; aside from this, the upgrade is still a significant performance upgrade from 100Mbit NICs and I hope to see my backup and file transfer durations drop to about a third of what they are now. Amazon provided an RMA for the second Netgear NIC and I purchased the D-Link NIC which installed without incident on my Windows 2003 Server.The Vista workstation, Windows Server 2003 and a NAS RAID box are connected via two Netgear gigabit switches at two locations. I purchased the D-Link NIC after initially getting two Netgear gigabit NICs (for a Vista Ultimate workstation and Windows 2003 Server). The Netgear GA311 NIC had Vista, but no Windows Server 2003 drivers.
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