Title. Just curious why NICs are so expensive considering manages switches seem to have much more responsibility and many more ports.

  • ThreeLeggedChimp@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Well for starters, Intel doesnt sell NICs at retail.

    So if you’re buying a NIC directly from an OEM, well there’s one answer.

    But you’re probably looking at aome sketchy chinese knock off, or clone of an OEM part that has to be imported and resold through a third paety markerplace.