A8N-SLI LAN Controller?

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Anyone have any thoughts as to which LAN controller would be better to use?
The NForce or the Marvell? Mine came with both enabled and I randomly
plugged into the Marvell, but want to optimize this set-up, if any of this
matters.

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I've always heard the Nforce is slightly better.
It also doesnt require extra drivers, just the ones included in the chipset
drivers.
Also, it has the built in hardware firewall.

"Dark Helmet" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Anyone have any thoughts as to which LAN controller would be better to
> use? The NForce or the Marvell? Mine came with both enabled and I
> randomly plugged into the Marvell, but want to optimize this set-up, if
> any of this matters.
>
> Dark Helmet
>

 

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>>Anyone have any thoughts as to which LAN controller would be better to
>>use? The NForce or the Marvell? Mine came with both enabled and I
>>randomly plugged into the Marvell, but want to optimize this set-up, if
>>any of this matters.

> I've always heard the Nforce is slightly better.
> It also doesnt require extra drivers, just the ones included in
> the chipset drivers.
> Also, it has the built in hardware firewall.

Some ppl, like me, have had problems with the firewall blocking too much
trafic. I thus switched to using the Marvell. Otherwise, both work just
fine.

 

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"Dark Helmet" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>
> Should I disable the other one in the BIOS if I'm only using one of them?
> IE, does it use any system resources even though it's not being used?
>
> Dark Helmet
Yes, I disabled the Marvell as soon as I got the board. It uses some
resources, but there is really no need to have it enabled if you dont use
it.

 

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edde wrote:

> It's not the Nvidia Lan that is to blame, it's the Active
> Armor software. No software, no problems.

Actually, the Active Armor software is made by - you guessed it -
nVidia. So I don't really care if it's their hardware or their software
that's playing tricks on me, I simply blame them for providing something
(both hard- and software) that doesn't work right.

But, I might de-install the software, as I'm not using it anyway, and
see if the nVidia LAN will work for me then. Will see.