[Pc_Support] Re: ABS 8-Port, 5-Port GbE Switch -- VSC7388, VSC7385 (Blog article)

[Jason Boxman]

Derek Konigsberg said:
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> On my x86 machines, my GigE fiber NICs are Netgear GA620's.  (I managed to
> get two of these with a patch cable off some random eBay auction a while
> back)  I've been quite happy with them.  I've also got a Sun GigaSwift,
> and the uplink ports of my BS 450-24T 10/100 switches.

What speeds do you see out of them?  Are they crossover'd or are they hooked
into a switch?

I've heard of the GA620s, but didn't end up buying any last year.  Which
driver did you use?  I might have to look into a pair, maybe.

It's somewhat questionable I have any real need for GbE.  What do you do
with yours?  Besides being able to backup the 300GB+ on my fileserver (which
rarely changes by more than 2 or 3 GB a day) I can't think of much to do
with it.