NIC Cards supported for Cent OS 6 and Cent OS 7

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gk_krishnan
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NIC Cards supported for Cent OS 6 and Cent OS 7

Post by gk_krishnan » 2015/08/19 10:38:29

Hi All,
May i know the PCI NIC Card which support Cent OS 6 and Cent OS7
RTL8139 (the best price) or RTL 8169 - Will this cards are support Both Ver 6 and Ver 7?

Or sugest some realtec card which i can purchase to install openstack cloud in my desktop using Vmware workstation

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Re: NIC Cards supported for Cent OS 6 and Cent OS 7

Post by TrevorH » 2015/08/19 12:37:12

Is there a reason why you are looking at Realtek cards? They don't have the greatest reputation...
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke

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