Network Card

[Mac25]

need a good dependable card, mostly used intel way back, been out of pc hardware to long, only
need single port, going in home cam server so needs to run cool, altho server runs on cool side.

 

[TonyR]

I've had great luck with these ==>> TP-Link 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express Network Card (TG-3468), PCIE Network Adapter, Network Card, Ethernet Card for PC, Win10 supported

It's a Realtek chipset.

 

[JRNAn30]

Stick with intel.

 

[TonyR]

Stick with intel.

Yes, and Intel does make some nice dual port cards; that would facilitate the OP putting his Internet/home LAN on one port (subnet A) and his cams on the other port (subnet B) to isolate them from the Internet.

He did say he was looking for a single port card but I see in his profile he uses BI so since he's opening up the PC it would be a good time to consider it.

 

[sebastiantombs]

If one more port is good, two more ports are better. Cost and power consumption are just a little bit higher, but not really significant. Having another spare ethernet port can come in handy at times.

 

[Mac25]

i do have a 4 port intel server card I've had stashed away for times like this , its in and running,
now i can set it up and place the cams behind it.

Thanks guys.

 

[Mac25]

can the card be pre-setup for subnet lan and ready to test with a spare cam before i move all my cams ?
would like to have this ready so the cams are not down but a very short time.