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Re:Show HN: I built a(nother) house optimized for LAN parties by murderfs on Saturday November 16, 2024 @09:17PM (#42161446)
You can get pretty cheap 10GBASE-T NICs on ebay. I've had pretty good success with this abomination, a server-pull NIC with an HP proprietary physical interface plugged into an adapter to PCI-E: https://www.ebay.com/itm/144151881516
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Re:Show HN: I built a(nother) house optimized for LAN parties by toast0 on Monday November 18, 2024 @01:00AM (#42170092)
That's a pretty weird contraption. If you want weird, I'd suggest one of these https://www.ebay.com/itm/166884585625

Silicom PEG210 Silicom PE210G2BPI40-T-SD-BC7 Intel x540 based bypass NIC. In case you want to have the two ports connect together when the computer is off or something. Setup time is a bit more, but you can also configure them to act like normal NICs.

Usually show up around $15-25 like other x540 dual rj45 cards, but sometimes a bit less, cause they're weird.

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