Linux GigE Card

Finally got a few minutes to start switching over to GigE. I've been disappointed with the lack of information on supported GigE cards available on the net. On a roadtrip to Phoenix, I stopped in at a Fry's and found a US Robotics card for $16 that claimed to support Linux.

I snagged the card and a D-Link DGS-2208 GigE Switch (on sale: $39.99!!!) and headed back to DC. Installed the card in an FC-4 machine, and after a fair amount of playing around, got it running. (The problem was my anal and uncalled for desire to have the card be eth2, rather than eth1.) I left the 100 Meg card in as eth0.

The card is a US Robotics 7902A and it loaded the r8169 driver. At the moment, all seems right:

[root@scully ~]# ethtool eth2
Settings for eth2:
    Supported ports: [ TP ]
    Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
            100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
            1000baseT/Full
    Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
    Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
            100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
            1000baseT/Full
    Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
    Speed: 1000Mb/s
    Duplex: Full
    Port: Twisted Pair
    PHYAD: 0
    Transceiver: internal
    Auto-negotiation: on
    Supports Wake-on: pumbg
    Wake-on: g
    Current message level: 0x00000033 (51)
    Link detected: yes

The big test come when I get the second system on the switch in the morning.