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The alternative is that one of the MOTU devices learns how to stream non-AVB Ethernet to a Mac or PC, which I gather is what they've done with the latest firmware/driver revisions.

#Ethernet card for 2012 mac pro drivers

Assuming drivers are available, Newegg sells an Intel AVB-capable card (the I210-T1) for about $70.cheaper than a PCIe-424 for sure You're right that for best performance, you'd need a NIC capable of 802.1Qav (AVB), and that the standard ports on a Mac wouldn't speak that without special support. OSX and UNIX are definitely capable of sub-millisecond processing of Ethernet packets, so there shouldn't be an OS or hardware limitation here. My background is in low-level programming, including network design. The latency limitation, at the very least, will remain 'though, as will the Yosemite one, I think. If an e-net connection can approximate a TB one, even if it's not quite as zippy, I'll be a very happy camper and many folks who've not TB-capable Macs and PCs will be able to jump onboard too.ĮDIT: I just noticed that you mentioned an AVB-capable switch. This is why I'm waiting for news on this front. This has nothing to do with connection to, say, a Mac via ethernet. That's over the network, from an interface's input, through MOTU's AVB box to another unit's outs. Yes, the tables on MOTU's site suggest it's fairly low. I'm talking unworkably huge, perhaps even half a second! The latency, whilst I (and IIRC Doug) can't remember the exact figures, is comparatively huge when placed next to either your system (I call it AudioWire™) or the new TB-connected AVB one. The standard ports on pre-TB macs won't cut it, and IIRC anything prior to Yosemite won't either.

#Ethernet card for 2012 mac pro install

Wohali, firstly the only way to use ethernet is to install an AVB-capable card (PCIe). In light of this, as much as it pains me, I'll have to live with the "comparatively-sub-standard" conversion of the 24I/Os until alternatives to TB "emerge". Taking the plunge on my current Mac now and upgrading the CPUs the wait for Apple and / or MOTU to conjure up something that'll rescue me became unbearable months ago. No harm done sales are there in the meantime, but a willingness to update the line to keep pace with impending alternative connection protocols must, IMHO, manifest in the interest of the long-term viability of the line.Īs I said, I'll be all over AVB the second I can do it sans TB. If, unlike in the case of TB, this new-fangled protocol could be added to non-TB Macs (and PCs) via a PCI card, folks such as myself would be all over it! It's almost as if MOTU jumped in a little too early.

You'd think the next-gen USB flavour would be able to accommodate an AVB setup. The full channel counts would've been there, theoretically. I'm guessing, as you alluded to, Doug, that USB3 had limitations that made it unviable (probably timing issues, no?), but I still can't help but wonder if this would've been a problem in the simple 2-unit setups that USB2 use is limited to. Can't help but wonder if MOTU would possibly update the line when an alternative to TB takes hold. Then there's USB Type C, which my lil' brother reckons is on the way.