On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 at 11:15:37AM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote:
> I don't understand "PCI-E..on-board".  To me, either it's an adapter in
> a PCI-E slot or its integrated on the motherboard.  My Asus M2N-SLI
> Deluxe has two gigabit ethernets on-board integral to the nVidia
> chipset.  Etch installer saw them OK.
 
Almost all peripherals are attached via one of the standard busses,
whether or not there's actually a socket in between.  On-board Ethernet
controllers can be attached by ISA, PCI, PCI-X, PCI-Express, or even
USB, though virtually all on-board Ethernet today is PCI or PCI-E.
-- 
Rob

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