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NIC - everybody!
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2001 10:13 am
by misty
Did anyone test speeds and performance with different NIC's????
3Com, Linksys, Realtek, any others???
I hear that some are "better", but is there any noticable change??
Thanks in advance for all replies.
jim
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2001 10:17 am
by EvilAjax
Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapter (v4) all the way!
Details?
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2001 10:20 am
by misty
Any real details, anyone?
(before and after speed test, or any other type of real hard info???)
c'mon, How do I know it's worth it???
jim
Here's what I've tried.
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2001 10:20 am
by Buggyman
I started out on a Asante's nic card and thought I had fried it.
So I change to a USB adapter and it choked me to death.
Then I tried the Realtek and it did ok.. but not good enough for me.
I later found out that there was nothing wrong with my Asante's Nic card and put it back in.. And I love it.
Word has it that the 3com is the best... but it's price tag seems to turn people away to the cheaper ones. ( it did me)
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2001 10:23 am
by Lobo
Linksys for me too, no proof but it was faster for me than 3Com
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2001 12:33 pm
by downhill
I've tried a 3com, a realtek, and a linksys.
I havn't noticed a difference in download times between them.
well
Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2001 10:34 pm
by lundrog
Go with 3com, you get the name, and the support that comes with it.
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2001 12:48 am
by gRoUnD_zEr0
My new Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapter was by far better than my old 3 Com ISA POS...
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2001 1:56 am
by lundrog
well yes, a pci network card will be faster than a isa.
In Windows
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2001 2:20 am
by Sting
I have a Realtek installed.
My cable provider put in a 3Com stating it would give me much better performance, but it didn't.
The Realtek was 3 times faster.
Go figure! *LOL*
NETGEAR. -nt-
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2001 2:41 pm
by Idiot Savant
I asked cablenut which was the best out there... he said the NetGear FA310 was the quickest in every speed test documented.
I picked one up for $12.00 on ebay.
My ping times dropped.
My d/l speed soared.
I recommend this card to ANYONE. And it sure beat the **** outta the Linksys Etherfast that used to reside on my 2nd PCI slot
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2001 8:00 pm
by Ashdaw
I was using a SMC1211TX and I read this test of NIC's
GUYS and went and bought a FA312 netgear Card... wow the Speeds improved now all I have to do is get rid of the retransmission and the 2+ sec delay and everything will be ok.. the Probs were there before I changed the NIC
But the review is good From Brian at DSL webserver .com :2cool:
P.S. I can NOW shut down my puter from windows... the SMC card would never let me.. always had to F8 and go to option 6 and turn the power off... the FA312 fixed that