looking for a good Ethernet card

[TheMasterGhost]

Can anyone recommend a good Ethernet card for under $25. Also include the web address were I can get it. Oh and i also posted in the networking Category .

 

[Zenmervolt]

Netgear 10/100 PCI cards can be had for between $10 and $20, and they work perfectly well.

 

[oldfart]

Another vote for the Netgear (FA310X). Its inexpensive and high quality.

 

[pdo]

Like Zemmervolt said you can get some decent ones for $10-$20, but if you want a really good ones then some guy in the for sale forum has some Intel for $40 bucks shipped brand new.

 

[TheMasterGhost]

thanks all. mwave.com has a NETGEAR 10BT/100BTX FA310TX PCI for $19.00, is this a good deal?

 

[Noriaki]

I persoanlly like Linksys, they have all the features and are quite affordable. 3Com and Intel are also very good but both tend to be a fair bit more pricey....
My friend has a netgear card and it seems to work very well for him, so I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it, especially if you can get it for $20

 

[BlueWeasel]

I have the exact same Netgear NIC that you are referring to on MWave. It has been a great card for me and my 2 computer home network (running @ 100mbps)

I don't think you can go wrong with Netgear cards. . .

 

[TheMasterGhost]

thanks again for the replies. Also what do you think of this one NETGEAR 10BT/100BTX FA312 PCI $19.00? According to the specs on mwave it has wake on lan and support for WIn 98, which is not listed on the FA310TX.

 

[tech]

Its the updated version of the 310. Buy it instead if its the same price or even alittle more. I have the 310 version and transfered about 3 gigs in about 14 minutes. Not bad at all. Netgear rocks.