New NIC card

[Dakota_37]

I have a NetGear NIC card in my computer at the moment and it keeps dropping my connection, I am curious as to which is the best card for a decent price, Linksys, or ????? The one I have is a 10/100/1000, is it necessary to have that or is 10/100 sufficient? I am on a 3meg download.

[YeOldeStonecat]

NIC...just NIC...stands for Network Interface Card.

NIC Card is redundant.

Now for brands...I swear by 3COM and Intel.

Worrying about giga...is overkill for a broadband connection. An old 10 meg ISA network card wouldn't even be the bottleneck.

Now Netgear NICs actually aren't bad....not of fan of their recent routers, but their NICs...I've seen them do incredibly well in benchmarks...low latency, solid throughput. I've not seen NICs act up where they drop connections...they're usually either working, or totally dead.

What is your setup? Router? Switch? Hub? Might look at other things first..patch cable. What's making you think the NIC is actually dropping the connection, does the red "X" appear telling you the connection is down? Or the yellow exclamation point saying "partial connectivity"?

[Dakota_37]

I do know what NIC stands for, but even though, some people use the word card after it. The reason I think it is the card is: I had removed the router from the connection, and it still drops connection, I have had the modem replaced and it still drops the connection, The phone company has checked the line and it is clear and free from any static, and they have put a splitter on the line for me too. Still drops connections. What is left? The NIC! Right? There is no red "X" or Yellow "!" and all of the lights are on the modem and router solid..... Not a flicker when I try to surf or anything.

[YeOldeStonecat]

Might be some malware that messed with the winsock files. If you're running XP can try this tcp reset utility...
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html

System have a quality updated antivirus, recent scans, along with various anti-ad/spyware software scans?

[nagetech]

Personally, I'm a zyxel fan. I forgot the exact model number, but its Zyxel's Giga-bit card. Very solid IMHO

[Dakota_37]

Might be some malware that messed with the winsock files. If you're running XP can try this tcp reset utility...
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html

System have a quality updated antivirus, recent scans, along with various anti-ad/spyware software scans?

Antivirus updated constantly along with all of my anti-ad/spyware software. I downloaded the utility and now we will see if that helps. Thanks YeOldeStonecat.

[YARDofSTUF]

3com or linksys. Newer netgear wireless ones have been a PITA.

3com's 905 series has been around forever.