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Are 3Com NICs realllly that great?

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I don't know about performance since I don't see the differences and the benchmark thing is meaningless to me.
but I think that 3Com=quality parts, truely plug&play, excellent support.
 
I know the Netgear FA311 (or whatever it's called) has compatibility probs w/some mobos. I use Linksys NICs. Brand name. Decent features (supports WOL, etc) and they are reliable. I had them (LNE100TX) in all my rigs until I got my latest mobo for my main rig (Epox 8K5A2+) which has an onboard NIC. Know what? There's not a single bit of performance difference.

AFA PCI NICS go, stick w/a brand name and you'll be fine. 🙂
 
I use Realtek chips NIC's cause of the price.. I don't think ANY NIC is worth 5x the price of another. the only difference is CPU usage, some difference in burst speeds, and maybe compatibility (MIGHT be an issue) I use whatever I can get at the time. they always work fine....
 
The linksys & d-link NIC cards I use work great... hell I got a linksys v2.0 10/100 nic card in my server (it doesn't work in win2k but works in linux?) and it's been working flawlessly for a long time.
 
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