[RESOLVED] Best NICs for small LAN

I like the Netgear FA310TX's ... pretty much every machine in the office uses one, and we havent had any major hassles with them.

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Paul Kessie

working for a place that has 900+ computers I have found the D-Link 530 seems to work well with win98. this is a card that has the least problems in setting up.

Not sure what is the best?

I know that I have had good luck with D-Link 530TX+

At home my laptop had a D-link and my towers are running Cnet One of them that has my cable modem is running two and they work great! Best part is they almost cost nothing!! https://forums.windrivers.com/

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Larommi:
Not sure what is the best?

I know that I have had good luck with D-Link 530TX+

At home my laptop had a D-link and my towers are running Cnet One of them that has my cable modem is running two and they work great! Best part is they almost cost nothing!! https://forums.windrivers.com/

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Same opinion here. I've got four of the D-Links going myself and one of the systems is Win2k and another is WinMe (other two are 98). No issues at all. Best bang for the buck!

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3com
intel
dlink

i like Kingston, yes it is true that a company of the same name makes second rate food fir riverside/bilo markets.... but the networking kingston makes some good stuff, i have been installing kingston 10/100 cards here about 5 to 10 a day for about 7 months with only one bad one and that was from the other installer messing up the install............KIDS!!!

if it is just a small home network then it really does not matter..... as long as you can get the driver loaded with out pulling out your hair and the things works with out problems then you have yourself a good network card..

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Cable Modem Tech:
i have been installing kingston 10/100 cards here about 5 to 10 a day for about 7 months with only one bad one</font>

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I agree...we use 3COM for heavy use businesses, and Kingston (mostly the KNE-120) for small businesses (2-4 pc's peer-to-peer) and home use. I just replaced my 1st bad Kingston card 2 days ago...and ironically enough, it was in one of our shop pc's, not a customer's!



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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by evilcabbage:
I like the Netgear FA310TX's ... pretty much every machine in the office uses one, and we havent had any major hassles with them.
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agreed, but we use nothing but intel's for our server builds. why take chances? i use netgears at home and love them. i got a box of 10 for $100 from a buddy and in 2 years i havent lost one.


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my home network consists of:
cable modem (from cox)
feeds into my 3com 509B-TPO ISA NIC
on my windows 2000 server (NAT)
to a 3com 905B-TX
to a Netgear FS105 Switch (great little f^cker)
to my other machines (2) (3com 905c TX-M)

at work - we use compaq nics on the servers (compaq servers)
on the proxy - i have a 3com 905B-TX (multihomed compaq - compaq is the internal nic)
and our hubs and switched are all 3com.

when it comes to netorking - you get what you pay for, nothing more.

3 Comm and Intel NIC cards are best on large networks. Have not had any problems with these NICs on DHCP Servers or small office networks.
You do get what you pay for in reguard to OEm cheap NICs.

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Computer Shop Owner A+ COMPTIA Master Tech

Have had good luck with Netgear's FA-311,
not to fond of 3-com cards (had some issues)
https://forums.windrivers.com/

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I'm on the right track but the wrong train...or is it the right train but wrong track ?

I have never had any problems with Intel Pro 100 series NICs, nor have I had any problems with Kingston NICs.

For the most part my experience with 3Com NICs has also been positive, the exception here being in the facility where I currently work. I work in a heritage building dating to the late 1800s, and this structure has rather peculiar ground properties - can you say "Ground loop?" The 3Com cards do bizarre things in this environment: they fail to work at all; they develop inappropriate subnet masks; they corrupt data; etc.; etc.

3Com 905c
Intel Pro100+

-wayne


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D-Link, Linksys, Bay.

Intel was running a promotion for a while - turn in 50 network cards (including ArcNet) and recieve a network connection kit free (10 100bT Nics, 1 12 Port 100 BT Switch)

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