I was unhappy with my Gigabit Network card

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George Hester

It was a D-Link card cannot recall the model name I have the card in my
hands but it is hard to tell from that. Anyway I was unhappy with it
because to work at the speed it was advertised to work I had to install a
driver and control pannel applet. This thing the applet was hooked to had
to run all the time and of course it sat in my System Tray Windows 2000
Advance Server SP4. I would prefer to have a Gigabit Network Card that did
not require some thing to always be running to use it at that speed. Does
anyone know of such a Gigabit card that can run at the speed it was made for
without these constantly running menu systems? Thanks.
 
It was a D-Link card cannot recall the model name I have the card in my
hands but it is hard to tell from that.
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Generally the brand is not of much consequence, rather you
can note the markings on the main chip. IIRC, mostly D-Link
sells the low-end Realtek 8169 based cards,
http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/products1-2.aspx?modelid=2003042

Anyway I was unhappy with it
because to work at the speed it was advertised to work I had to install a
driver and control pannel applet.
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??
Of course you need a driver, it goes without saying.
Control panel applet should not be necessary, if you can ID
this card's chipset then try the newest driver from the
chipset manufacturer. IE- realtek would be that as per the
chip mentioned above.
This thing the applet was hooked to had
to run all the time and of course it sat in my System Tray Windows 2000
Advance Server SP4.
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Since this is a Server (?) perhaps I have jumped to
conclusions about the NIC, the odds shift towards it being
something other than Realtek 8169 but getting this info from
you could be useful. Regardless, it should not need any
helper app, just the bare driver to work. Windows itself
will put a networking icon down in the system tray, but I
don't know if that's what you mean or not and that icon can
be disabled, it simply shows whether the network connection
is live or not.

I would prefer to have a Gigabit Network Card that did
not require some thing to always be running to use it at that speed.
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You don't have to run anything, just the driver.
You might be able to simply go into Add/Remove programs and
uninstall this software, but if it uninstalls the driver
too, download the latest driver, JUST the driver not some
large super-installation-thingamajig from the chipset
manufacturer.
Does
anyone know of such a Gigabit card that can run at the speed it was made for
without these constantly running menu systems? Thanks.
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All of them can.
 
kony said:
Generally the brand is not of much consequence, rather you
can note the markings on the main chip. IIRC, mostly D-Link
sells the low-end Realtek 8169 based cards,
http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/products1-2.aspx?modelid=2003042



??
Of course you need a driver, it goes without saying.
Control panel applet should not be necessary, if you can ID
this card's chipset then try the newest driver from the
chipset manufacturer. IE- realtek would be that as per the
chip mentioned above.


Since this is a Server (?) perhaps I have jumped to
conclusions about the NIC, the odds shift towards it being
something other than Realtek 8169 but getting this info from
you could be useful. Regardless, it should not need any
helper app, just the bare driver to work. Windows itself
will put a networking icon down in the system tray, but I
don't know if that's what you mean or not and that icon can
be disabled, it simply shows whether the network connection
is live or not.



You don't have to run anything, just the driver.
You might be able to simply go into Add/Remove programs and
uninstall this software, but if it uninstalls the driver
too, download the latest driver, JUST the driver not some
large super-installation-thingamajig from the chipset
manufacturer.


All of them can.
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Well kony I will try it again but from what I recall the damn applet
application had to be installed. It is in that where the configuration of
the card is done. I did try the Network applet in Control Panel but in that
there was a lot less that could be done to configure the card. Oh and I did
try to stop the applet from initializing at boot (it is sitting in the Run
key in the registry HKLM) but the card wouldn't work at all then. I will
give it another shot.
 
Well kony I will try it again but from what I recall the damn applet
application had to be installed. It is in that where the configuration of
the card is done.
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What is the card chipset?

What configuration? Is it not autodetection?
Typically any further config can be done in the properties
for the card, the driver itself includes these parameters
accessible in Device Manager or Networking control panel.
I did try the Network applet in Control Panel but in that
there was a lot less that could be done to configure the card. Oh and I did
try to stop the applet from initializing at boot (it is sitting in the Run
key in the registry HKLM) but the card wouldn't work at all then. I will
give it another shot.
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Knowing the exact hadware you have is a start, ie- the
chipset it uses since only a brand and model won't help
anyone who doesn't have the same make and model, though by
looking at the driver files themselves we might be able to
determine it.
 
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