Need advice on ethernet cards

[MegaCharger]

I want one that's stable and performs decently for my DSL. I have up to $30 to boot, maybe a little more, since I just dropped the idea of getting the Gigabye canterwood and go with the Abit IC7($100 less! I don't have more than 2 harddrive anyways so it makes no sense to buy a board with 6 slots). So which ethernet cards are good?

 

[WarmAndSCSI]

All 100Base-TX PCI NICs are equally "stable" and all perform well enough for any flavor of DSL. But if you must have a good NIC here are some good ones:

3Com 3C905C-TX (or any other 3Com card)

Intel PRO/100 Desktop Adapter

Linksys LNE100TX

Network Everywhere NC100 (known from personal experience)

U.S. Robotics 10/100 NIC (not sure about the model number, but the card is really cheap in price and a good choice for a NIC to hook up to a broadband modem)

 

[MegaCharger]

Aopen 10/100/1000 PCI Network Interface Card (NIC) Model# AOG-501 -RETAIL
Specifications:
Chipset: NS
Standard: IEEE802.3 10-BASE-T IEEE802.3U 100-BASE-TX IEEE802.3AB 1000-BASE-T
Protocol: CSMA/CD
Trnasfer Rate: 10/100/1000 Mbps
$36

This should do right?

 

[WarmAndSCSI]

Yes, but it's a bit overkill. I seriously doubt you're gonna need gigabit ethernet for your DSL modem since it's just going to drop down to 10Base-T as soon as they auto-negociate. You can save $16 by going with a simple 100Base-TX card.

 

[MegaCharger]

Hmm okay, what about this:

SMC ETHERNET 10/100 PCI card SMC1244TX Retail No WOL
Specifications:
Interface: 1 RJ-45 Port for 10Base-T and 100Base-TX
Standards IEEE 802.3 10Base-T; UTP cable, 2 pairs, RJ-45 (EIA/TIA Categories 3,4,5) IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX; UTP cable, 2 pairs, RJ-45 (EIA/TIA Category 5) IEEE 802.3x Flow Control
Full Duplex: 10Mbps & 100Mbps (20 Mbps & 100 Mbps)
$14.50

 

[WarmAndSCSI]

Originally posted by: MegaCharger
Hmm okay, what about this:

SMC ETHERNET 10/100 PCI card SMC1244TX Retail No WOL
Specifications:
Interface: 1 RJ-45 Port for 10Base-T and 100Base-TX
Standards IEEE 802.3 10Base-T; UTP cable, 2 pairs, RJ-45 (EIA/TIA Categories 3,4,5) IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX; UTP cable, 2 pairs, RJ-45 (EIA/TIA Category 5) IEEE 802.3x Flow Control
Full Duplex: 10Mbps & 100Mbps (20 Mbps & 100 Mbps)
$14.50

Perfect - the price is right, too

 

[JackMDS]

Well it is hard to know today.

For home use in a Network of few PCs.

Tomorrow when the next week sales will start look for the most inexpensive one (usually there is one free of $5 after rebate).

Among anxious people the Intel (about $39) is very popular.

Link on the subject: Comparing Nics (Notice How the SMC did well as compare to the Giants, it is $7 card),

 

[eklass]

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