Recent content by firstdraft

Cybernaut, Thank you again. I always have more computing power than I really need. Your solutions sound really nice for the price. Per dwd999's suggestions, I need to download and review the user manuals for the Gigabyte board. Seems like a much better solution and much less overkill. I...

Hi dwd999, Thank you! RTM :) Such a newbie mistake on my end listening to tech support. The board I actually found available is a slightly different model, but you are so right! Start with the manual. :) Are you running Linux on your Z790? If so, did you find any issues of note? The manual...

Hi Cybernaut, I bought an Intel 2 or 4 port card that I never got working. I bought another NIC from Thinkpenguin that is great, but by that time, our home was already working with a couple of USB ethernet dongles from Manhattan. They have been really helpful. > When you say server, for...

Hi Cybernaut, Thank you very much for your reply. I appreciate the help. Some of the ethernet cards I have tried in the past failed. I have had better luck and reliability with built-in ports. Is there a good value ethernet card that works with Linux? Once the box is running, I try not to...

I am hoping to find an ATX AMD Motherboard with two ethernet ports to build a replacement Debian Linux box to serve as a firewall, router, and server for home use. Asus has PROART CREATOR boards that seem to meet my needs, but apparently one needs to have Windows installed to be able to flash...