Cheap, workable gigabit nic?

[hypeMarked]

Is there any cheap workable gigabit nics out there? How's this?

 

[JackMDS]

Never tried this one.😱

I would say it depends on the Network.

If it is small Home Network using Client OS it probably would work OK since these type of Networks do not yield much more than 300Mb/Sec.

Peer to Peer Giga Networks

Setting a Home/SOHO Giga network.

:sun:

 

[cmetz]

hypeMarked, the Intel Pro/1000MT is a good cheap gigabit NIC. Newegg has them new for $35, and a couple of "refurbs" listed for $22/$23.

The TrendNet NIC is based on the RealTek gigabit chip. You might know RealTek as a vendor of 10/100 chips that have a challenging time moving 100Mb/s, and a lot of general performance impacting brain damage. Their gigabit chip is the same architecture with 1Gb/s support.

 

[hypeMarked]

cmetz, thanks for remind me of the refurbished section Newegg has. I was eyeing the intel one, but for 35 X 2 + shipping is a bit on the too much side. But the refurbished one seems just right.

Thanks to both of you JackMDS and cmetz for helping out.

 

[nweaver]

I have learned that with NIC's, you often get what you pay for. I always try to go for intel based NIC's, and fall back to 3Com. Usually, I'm doing 100 mb/s stuff, so the old standard Intel Pro 100 is great for that.

For gig, I've only ever used intel, with the exception of one ACENIC fiber card.