The-Beast’s Ethernet controller went *poof*. The onboard Gigabit controller decided to take a huge nosedive on me. Incoming data worked fine, but the thing just could not push out data. It maxed at about 2.5KBps, even on the internal network. I have popped in an old Realtek 8139 10/100 card in the interim. It may not be gigabit, but it gets me back online.

I am not completely out of luck. The machine with which I wish to replace my file server has built-in gigabit ethernet. That means I can yank the 3Com card out of the old server for The-Beast.

The pains of technology…