<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;text-align:left">Benjamin, that is a kickass <span class="gmail-irc_su" dir="ltr" style="text-align:left">Intel I350-T4 4-port GigE NIC with a Lenovo label. <br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;text-align:left"><span class="gmail-irc_su" dir="ltr" style="text-align:left"></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;text-align:left"><span class="gmail-irc_su" dir="ltr" style="text-align:left"><br></span></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks,<br><br>Ron Singh<br><br></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 12:39 PM Benjamin Tompkins <<a href="mailto:bjtompkins@gmail.com">bjtompkins@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">I dug up the NIC that I have.  It's an older Lenovo card, FRU03T8760.  I can't find details on the exact card right now.<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 12:25 PM Ron Singh <<a href="mailto:ronsingh149@gmail.com" target="_blank">ronsingh149@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Jon, I've had very good luck with the Intel PWLA8391GT Single-port PCI/e NIC. Zero failures years after, low CPU hit. See:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.intel.ca/content/dam/doc/product-brief/intel-pro-1000-gt-desktop-adapter-datasheet.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.intel.ca/content/dam/doc/product-brief/intel-pro-1000-gt-desktop-adapter-datasheet.pdf</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">That said, the lowest-cost supplier of this item is --</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="https://fleetnetwork.ca/products/intel-pro-1000-gt-desktop-adapter-pci-10-100-1000base-t-full-height-retail-pwla8391gtblk.html?variant=62905" target="_blank">https://fleetnetwork.ca/products/intel-pro-1000-gt-desktop-adapter-pci-10-100-1000base-t-full-height-retail-pwla8391gtblk.html?variant=62905</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">as per a search via <a href="http://shopbot.ca" target="_blank">shopbot.ca</a>.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">My local IT joint uses them frequently, but alas, does not deal with retail/regular traffic. I cannot think of any local IT shop doing this sort of SKU, but might be worth a shot at connecting with Reality Bytes in Elmira, see --</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.realitybytescomputers.com/about.html" target="_blank">https://www.realitybytescomputers.com/about.html</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Ask for Aaran(correct spelling) and try to be specific with part numbers, they are good folk(I have no vested interest in them).<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Good luck.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_137651276383097084gmail-m_-1688385571477903065gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks,<br><br>Ron Singh<br><br></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 11:27 AM Jon Thiele <<a href="mailto:jthiele@gmail.com" target="_blank">jthiele@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Well I never thought I would ever have to ask this question, but does anyone know where I can buy Intel or good quality PCI-E NICs for a Linux server I'm building?</div><div><br></div><div>I tried BestBuy, CanadaComputers, Waterloo Networks, Factory Direct,  a few PC recycling places - nothing... <br></div><div><br></div><div>I could order from Newegg or TigerDirect, but I wanted to buy locally.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanx. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Jon <br></div></div>
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