Are all NICs created equally?

[IBhacknU]

DAMN! raised the price... go figure.

Hopefully, by the time I can afford a good giga switch/router, the prices for the NICs will have come BACK down to that level

 

[RossMAN]

NIC card recomendations please

Best NIC???

 

[Aenygma]

I use NetGear.. they are the best.

However.. they are one of the worst as far as packaging is concerned.. sheesh, Altho linksys not so hot, NetGear could take some cues on how to properly package a product from them

 

[MC]

i have been using LNE100TX for the last 5 computers i built becoz of it's price.
Haven't have any problem so far.


I will recommend it.

 

[GhettoFob]

I actually have a linksys and a netgear card. I bought the linksys for my old pos comp to use in college and it didn't support pci2.1, so I grabbed a net gear one. Now I'm using the linksys one on my new comp. I've had no problems with either card. Go for the linksys.

 

[Ameesh]

netgear is a good cheap nic, 3com is a good expenisve nic, you can proabbly find a netgear for $19

 

[frizzlefry]

RossMAN: Wireless gigabit already a reality.

Checkout Optical Crossing
2.5gigabit/sec wireless transceiver.

I know of this company becuase their parent company MRV also owns my father's company.

Its basically targeted towards metro areas where bringing in fiber is too expensive. So they developed 'wireless' fiber. Read about it. Invest in it if you got the cash cuz Fiber technology is the future!

 

[BlackFalcon]

<< This one is all ya need >>


I would definitly not recommend the DFE-530 TX+, I've had some nasty experiences with this card. Random reboots, fried a DSL modem, and I suspect it of some other issues. This was on multiple computers and multiple NICs too. I'm quite happy with my Intel NIC now.

 

[ThisIsMatt]

I got an Intel Pro/100+ NIC for freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Works good, now someone send me another one

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

3Com NIC is all you'll ever need.

Bought in Aug 1996 and has run on Win95, Win98, WinNT, Win2000, Win2000AS, WinXP. That's just Windows.

 

[VoodooExtreme]

<< I got an Intel Pro/100+ NIC for freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Works good, now someone send me another one >>

How did u got that?

 

[flood]

another vote for netgear
theyve never failed me

 

[Splork]

Hear hear! Go Netgear!

-sp

 

[IBhacknU]

<< 2.5gigabit/sec >>



WOW! I'd run out of GIGs to transfer rather quickly

 

[FrontlineWarrior]

ordered the netgear at newegg. they shipped me a 3com one for the same price =) they must be out of stock with the netgears. hehehe

 

[trek]

I personally like my D-Link 530TX, has worked flawlesly under win2000...
-Trek

 

[Paulson]

D-link 530TX works here under win2k adv. server flawlessly...

I love it!

 

[Cooltech2k]

I have a Big Vote AGAINST Linksys..... If you OC Yer PCI clock they wont work right &amp; Aside from that I have had 2 of there hubs go out on me in the last year... I am Happy Using Netgear Now. I Also would sudgest kingston for a cheap NIC of high quality...

 

[datalink7]

my 3com with 3x processor is a great NIC.

I also have a Netgear cheapo $15 card in my other computer, but it has worked good so far.

 

[psteng19]

i have these 3, Netgear FA310TX, Linksys LNE100TX and 3COM 3C905-TX and I really can't tell the difference between them. Of course I'm not a power user, so I wouldn't really be able to tell. They all have served their purpose wonderfully. I picked each of them up for $20.

 

[BatmanNate]

I second the Linksys LNE100TX, I've run several of them on my network for the past year or two and they've all performed flawlessly, drivers and all.

Nate

 

[blstriker]

I've used several different NIC's and they all work pretty well for me. Here's a little comparison that I wrote a while ago comparing 11 NIC's. Network Card Roundup There ARE differences between the different cards.

 

[yellowperil]

I used the Linksys LNE100TX for 2 years, never had a problem.

 

[MustangSVT]

only thing i know is that the cheap-o-ones died after a year of use (both of them) and the name brands i had are still kickin strong(Netgear, and Linksys). so if you want stability always get name brand for cheap, not cheap brand for cheap.

i think i saw NIC comparison somewhere i'll find it and post it here.

 

[SuperSix]

Stay FAR AWAY from Linksys, I've had 3 out of 4 fail.. I use SMC EZ.generics, but will look for Netgrears next time I need a good NIC.

#Coms are good, just way too expensive.