Best NIC for my use.

[xgeneral00]

Hi,

I'm leaving for college in about a month and was wondering which NIC I should get. I've heard both good and bad about 3com, intel, and netgear. Which one do you think i should get? Thanks in advance.

 

[warlord]

a d-link or a linksys. they are both inexpensive, and will give you just as good of results as the others for surfing the web with your T1 connection.

 

[Windogg]

Can't go wrong with the Netgear FA310TX. I found in my experience any network card will do in a home/personal system. My $5 CNet is kicking strong after 1 1/2 years and has better driver support than any card I know. I could fry 10 of these and still com out ahead of the Intels and 3COMs.

Windogg

 

[BCYL]

I personally have linksys, which I think is great... easy setup, good quality. But I have heard good things about other brands like Netgear and 3com too... Any one of those would be good for your application.

 

[Mday]

dlink, linksys or netgear. if you really want to waste your money, 3com or intel. but you want that extra $$$ for college. you'll need it.

3com makes the best, and you get charged for it.

 

[xgeneral00]

Well the difference between a 3com and netgear is relatively insignificant ($30 at most?). I don't mind spending the extra cash, after all, I went all out on the system I just built (scsi w/ X15 and the works ) I've just heard that 3com's NICs have annoying icons in the system tray. Thanks for suggestions, i'll continue to do research.

 

[Strych9]

Don't bother with the expensive NIC's like 3COM...I use Linksys in all of my systems and they work just fine. Try the LNE100TX. Very inexpensive and works great.

 

[AT]

Another vote for D-Links. After installing over 60 of them I'd say they are good. Work like a charm in Windows, Linux and FreeBSD that interest me.