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novice   09-27-2001 at 01:49:50 AM

I'm gonna have DSL in a week and I haven't gotten an ethernet card (10Mbs Base) yet. Can somebody please recommend me a good one? Or maybe some of the good brands...Thanks a lot!!!

Are Linksys & Netgear cards any good?

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Red_Zealot   09-27-2001 at 02:06:44 AM
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Get the 3Com C905C-TXM. I think it costs like 30 bucks and delivers really good performance. I've never had a problem with mine.

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Flamethrower205   09-27-2001 at 04:41:54 AM
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30 bucks for ethernet!! No way man, get an Allied Telesyn 10/100MB TX ethernet card. It's like 12$, I have one, never ever had a problem. Unparrelleled performance imo.

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Arrow   09-27-2001 at 05:09:54 AM
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DLink cards are cheap and good too. You don't need a really high-end card for a simple application like high-speed internet access.

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upec   09-27-2001 at 06:49:19 AM
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I agree. My friend have D-link ethernet card on all 4 of his computer. They work great.

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Flamethrower205   09-27-2001 at 04:20:57 PM
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Yeah, u certainly don't need anything exepnsive. I saw a NIC card for 2 grand that encoded the data, and only the same type of nic on teh same settings could understand it!!

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FatBurger   09-27-2001 at 09:32:56 PM
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That would be very, very secure, though. That's the only reason.

I agree, get a $10-20 card, although $30 isn't expensive by any means. I'll end up getting a high-end card eventually, but I'm more than happy with my Netgear FA310tx ($20).

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Mavicator   09-27-2001 at 10:01:18 PM
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I used D-Link cards for a couple years with flawless performance. I've since moved to Netgear FA312 for faster LAN performance, but you don't need that for internet access. D-Link cards come in ISA and PCI configurations and only cost around $10-$15.

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