[mythtv-users] OT: NIC going away.

R. G. Newbury newbury at mandamus.org
Wed Feb 8 15:09:06 UTC 2012


On 02/08/2012 06:56 AM, Mike Perkins wrote:
> On 08/02/12 07:10, Nick Rout wrote:
>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 4:07 PM, R. G. Newbury<newbury at mandamus.org>   wrote:
>>> The network has started to fail mysteriously in my mythbox.  >> NICs are cheap, pci slots aren't for most backends. Bugger.
>>
> An alternative if you don't plan to change your motherboard - or can't afford to
> - may be to use a USB NIC. These can be had reasonably cheap these days.
>
> Always worth keeping one around to use when diagnosing network problems.

Now that's a good point. While browsing last night I saw one listed at 
$11.99. It would be worth the insurance to grab one.

Geoff

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