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NIC card recomendations please

I always use 3com Fast Etherlinks and had flawless support under Windoze, WinNT/2000, and even out-of-the-box Linux support. The same is true of my onboard Intel 10/100 LAN. 3com and Intel are supposedly the best nics, and 3coms slightly edged out Intel in benchmarks.
 
3Com have the best NIC's I think. A little pricey, but like the previous post, flawless support. don't get linksys...i donno, they just look ghetto. maybe they are good though. Netgear is ok I think, but for top performance, get a 3Com. 3Com own.
 
3com and Intel are probably the two top nics, however, the Linksys cards will also work very well if cost is a concern to you. There are a couple netgear models which work well also, but I can't recall which. Some of the Netgears I have heard of having problems however.

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I have to swear by netgear cards. I can't afford buying 3com cards for all my computers, so best bang for your buck is by far Netgear. Get yourself an excellent PCI 10/100 card for easily 20 bucks.
 
netgear FA310TX.... i got 2 nics, a 4 port 10mbit hub, and 2x25 foot patch cables for $43..... i'd call that a good deal any day🙂
 
3COM. Quality product.
for the average end user any 10 buck card should be fine however.
i have some SMC cards in my house. they are just fine for me.
 
3com provides good cards, but Linksys gives good cards for cheaper. I have 2 linksys PCI cards, and 2 Linksys PCMCIA cards. All of them work perfectly.
 
For dynamic DSL sharing...

first I have Linksys NC100.
then bought a 3COM 905C to replace it.
finally dump that slow connecting 3Com for Netgear 310TX...and happily ever after.
 
For small home networks and broadband such as DSL and/or Cable, Linksys works. However, i recently moved into an apartment that has T3 and the Linksys simply could not handle the bandwidth. Either that or the card and cables went bad. We tested it all out and the long and short of it is that I had to change the cards and cables (cables came with the Linksys NICs).

I now have Intel and man what a difference. I bought the 8 port Intel HUB (10/100) and all Intel NICs. SOLID, is all i have to say.

I also recall having to exchange a bad Linksys NIC when i first bought the Linksys Network Kit. Personaly, if it says 10/100 and then it can't handle a 45mb connection, well, then it aint worth crap. IMO, i'd stay away from Linksys and Netgear (heard of similar problems, but no personal experience with them) and pay a little more for the stability. I have no colissions with the Intel, collisions were the norm with the Linksys. enough said i guess.

you must choose, but choose wisely
 
3Com and Intel NICs are excellent.

I also like the SMC Etherpower II, which is a VERY small card, smallest I ever seem, and works well with drivers built in to the OS.

For laptops, all the PCMCIA cards by 3Com and Intel I have worked with
have been working well.

I don't Linksys, just bad products.

For Netgear, anyone has problem with the system when NT systems are not connected to the LAN with Netgear card installed?
 
I'm not surprised so many people like 3COM considering their excellent analogue modems.
However, I am using Linksys LNE-100 TX NIC's with a Linksys aDSL router and Linksys switch in a Win98 workgroup with no problems.

I know that their cheap price might "come back to haunt me". One DOES get what one PAYS FOR.
 
CompuGeekIAM my thoughts exactly. I've always been able to rely on 3Com. In my previous job we had a little over 5000 computers and all of them were running on 3Com's when we got done. The intel's are nice to. And for everyone saying that they are pricey? Hell there has and will be people in the FS/FT forums selling them brand new for like $15-$17 before.
 
Another Netgear vote for the Netgear FA310X. I've had alot of nics in many different systems. 3Com, Intel, Linksys, SMC, Netgear, Dlink. The Netgear is a great nic at a bargain price. Its based on the DEC "tulip" chip, which is one of the best.
 
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