[There's a reason that Yoda is the unofficial mascot of SBS. Size indeed matters not.] Now I REALLY HATE broadcom nics - THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA"
Wed, Oct 21 2009 22:14 bradley

Now I REALLY HATE broadcom nics

Did you know that Dell doesn't recommend that you update the broadcom drivers from the inplace driver update (control panel, device manager)?  If you do you run the risk of corrupting the driver?

"A quick recap:

Enable both nics (write down the IP addresses). Uninstall the previous ver. Of Bcom suite. Reboot install the new Bcom suite you downloaded. Reboot put in the static IP and disable 2nd nic. Reboot have a cleint reboot and log in.

Before the client system reboots make sure the server is up.

(if you have layer 3 or 4 switches or routers it takes 90 sec each for the arp cache to renew)"

And just a reminder if you go to remove a driver -- http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2009/09/01/device-manager-may-seem-to-hang-while-uninstalling-a-nic.aspx

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# re: Now I REALLY HATE broadcom nics

Thursday, October 22, 2009 7:54 AM by Chris Knight

It's taken you this long to hate them?

I put the Broadcoms in with the Realteks - both NICs you use when you can't afford a real one.

Intel seem to be the only NIC vendor capable of providing a decent NIC along with a decent driver and advanced feature set management. Mind you, the HP NICs are reasonable if you can excuse the license management of advanced feature sets.

# re: Now I REALLY HATE broadcom nics

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 9:44 PM by Dean

"Did you know that Dell doesn't recommend that you update the broadcom drivers from the inplace driver update (control panel, device manager)?  "

I didn't know anyone actually used that. I always update my drivers by downloading the software manually. Always have, always will.

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