Pros and cons of having a NIC????
Pros and cons of having a NIC????
Everything operates through digital systems. Storage devices, network cards, wireless connections, and routing units all function at the computer level.
Yes, here is the link to the presentation: [Presentation Link]
Yeah, it was a thread on reddit: Here's the PDF in case it gets deleted : https://people.freebsd.org/~gallatin/talks/euro2021.pdf
Indeed, in the past, early routers typically lacked advanced features like switches or WiFi, relying instead on multiple network interfaces directly integrated into the SoC. This meant everything was handled by a single chip. As technology advanced, the boundaries became less clear, with even SOHO switches gaining routing abilities and WiFi becoming more flexible through software updates. (like WPA3). Now the distinctions are so fine that platforms such as OpenWRT are beginning to accommodate switches.