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.
 
Anyone have any thoughts as to which LAN controller would be better to
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.
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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.
 
RJT said:
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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I use the Nvidia Lan, but I dont use the hardware firewall. No need to
switch to the Marvell Lan if the Nvidia firewall isn't to your liking.
 
edde said:
I use the Nvidia Lan, but I dont use the hardware firewall. No need to
switch to the Marvell Lan if the Nvidia firewall isn't to your liking.
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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?

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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?

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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.
 
edde said:
I use the Nvidia Lan, but I dont use the hardware firewall. No need to
switch to the Marvell Lan if the Nvidia firewall isn't to your liking.
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Technically that'd be true, but alas, even selecting the 'off' setting
on the firewall didn't immediately solve the problem, somehow some of
the settings stick. As I noted, it blocks too much traffic for no
apparent reason, regardless of the setting used. I've also discovered
I'm not the only one with this problem. I just plugged the cable in the
Marvell socket, and voila, problems gone. I've switched back and forth a
couple of times with different settings and stuff, and reïnstalled all
the drivers and such, but the problem remains...
 
RJT said:
edde wrote:
Technically that'd be true, but alas, even selecting the 'off' setting on
the firewall didn't immediately solve the problem, somehow some of the
settings stick. As I noted, it blocks too much traffic for no apparent
reason, regardless of the setting used. I've also discovered I'm not the
only one with this problem. I just plugged the cable in the Marvell
socket, and voila, problems gone. I've switched back and forth a couple of
times with different settings and stuff, and reïnstalled all the drivers
and such, but the problem remains...
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When I installed the chipset drivers (just after a fresh install of XP), I
was asked if I wanted to install the Active Armor Software. I clicked "NO".
The Nvidia Lan works perfectly. No traffic is blocked at all.
Perhaps just uninstall the Active Armor Software, or reinstall the Nforce
drivers and this time select "NO" when asked to install the Active Armor
Firewall. I guess I did it correctly right from the start by not installing
the software. It's not the Nvidia Lan that is to blame, it's the Active
Armor software. No software, no problems.
 
edde said:
It's not the Nvidia Lan that is to blame, it's the Active
Armor software. No software, no problems.
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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.
 
RJT said:
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.
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I agree. It should just work. Interesting enough, the reason I didnt install
the Active Armour software is because I had read about the exact problem you
described before I bought my board.
Luckily that is why everything has been flawless with my nvidia lan and
internet connection. I just use the XP firewall.
 
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