[rescue] Re: Gigabit ethernet - worth it?

[Patrick Giagnocavo]

On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 03:48:47PM -0800, Robert Novak wrote:
> 
> You can get Intel, Netgear, and I think Linksys pretty cheaply (under $500
> for fiber or under $300 for copper I think, which compared to a current
> Sun card is pocket change). Alteon was acquired by Nortel a year or two
> back, and I'm not sure if they ever did a retail NIC... their chipset was
> on at least the first Sun gigE SX card.

In the beginning of this thread, I pointed out the $34.99 gige cards
at justdeals.com.  They appear to be supported under some of the free
OSes.

./patrick