tucansam Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 I know its not ideal, but my test server includes a 10/100 ethernet port on the motherboard, and only one PCIe-X1 slot, which I am hoping to use with a SATA controller. Any chance a USB NIC will work with unraid? I know i won't get gig speeds (USB 2.0) but if I can get a little better than 100base-T speeds from a $12 adapter, I'm golden. And while I'm at it, rather than start a new thread in the hard disk forum... Will the favorite SuperMicro or IBM M1015 cards work in a PCIe-X1 slot? Again I know I'll be limiting speeds, but this is for a second unraid server to act as a backup of the primary's most critical files, and performance isn't super high on the list. Link to comment
prostuff1 Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 I know its not ideal, but my test server includes a 10/100 ethernet port on the motherboard, and only one PCIe-X1 slot, which I am hoping to use with a SATA controller. Any chance a USB NIC will work with unraid? I know i won't get gig speeds (USB 2.0) but if I can get a little better than 100base-T speeds from a $12 adapter, I'm golden. most likely not And while I'm at it, rather than start a new thread in the hard disk forum... Will the favorite SuperMicro or IBM M1015 cards work in a PCIe-X1 slot? Again I know I'll be limiting speeds, but this is for a second unraid server to act as a backup of the primary's most critical files, and performance isn't super high on the list. No, different size of slot. Link to comment
Frank1940 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 I know its not ideal, but my test server includes a 10/100 ethernet port on the motherboard, and only one PCIe-X1 slot, which I am hoping to use with a SATA controller. Any chance a USB NIC will work with unraid? I know i won't get gig speeds (USB 2.0) but if I can get a little better than 100base-T speeds from a $12 adapter, I'm golden. And while I'm at it, rather than start a new thread in the hard disk forum... Will the favorite SuperMicro or IBM M1015 cards work in a PCIe-X1 slot? Again I know I'll be limiting speeds, but this is for a second unraid server to act as a backup of the primary's most critical files, and performance isn't super high on the list. No PCI slots? A PCI NIC card in PCI slot will get give you Gb performance. (I figure any board old enough to have only a 10/100 NIC would have one or more PCI slots.) Link to comment
tucansam Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 Its got a PCIe-X16 slot I was planning on using with an M1015 (only two SATA on board) Link to comment
tucansam Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 So that's a confirmed no, even for a kludged hack, to get a USB NIC to work with unraid? Link to comment
lionelhutz Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I've heard of people cutting the end off a x1 or x4 PCIe socket so a x16 card will fit and that the card still works so the SATA card might work if you can get it plugged in. Link to comment
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