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Posted by: uh...ok
I'm looking at two lists of net cards right now and I'm just confused about all the different varieties... I'm mainly looking at 3Com but I still don't really understand all the jargon...
http://67.114.20.206/NETWORKx.html
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...ory=1295&DEPA=1
-uh...ok
Posted by: Ion Silverbolt
All I know is you're paying for the name. You can get a very acceptable Network card for 9$. 3COM is overrated too.
The D-LInk NIC is only 9$ and just as good as the 3COM ones listed there.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...ory=1015&DEPA=1
Posted by: Tweaker
Ion is right uh...ok they are all pretty much the same. So don't be fooled by bells and whistles. 
Posted by: JANNA
personally i prefer either 3com or netgear whichever is cheaper. i dont like dlink or linksys because of their flakey driver installers. 3 months later when u have lost the box and forget which model of dlink or lynksys u got and need to reinstall the drivers its pure hell trying to figure out which of the intricate driver sets u need.
Posted by: Kdr Kane
I'll have to disagree here.
Please read.
But, for home use, you don't need anything better than a $10 NIC card. I'll agree on that.
Posted by: Tweaker
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Originally posted by Kdr Kane
I'll have to disagree here.
Please read.
But, for home use, you don't need anything better than a $10 NIC card. I'll agree on that.
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I assumed that is all it was for, that is why I said one card is as good as another.
Posted by: Kdr Kane
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Originally posted by uh...ok
I'm looking at two lists of net cards right now and I'm just confused about all the different varieties... I'm mainly looking at 3Com but I still don't really understand all the jargon...
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And to answer your question a little better:
You probably want an ethernet card. So, get a 10/100.
RJ-45 is the connector type. This is standard twisted pair cable. Use CAT 5 cables. These are RJ-45.
100/10 Base T is the specification that sets the connector and cabling type.
Don't get an ISA card, get a PCI card.
PCMCIA is for laptops.
On the 3Com Cards:
Wake Up/No Wake Up - Wake-on-Lan is a feature for remote administration of machines that are turned off, in an enterprise network. Not needed for home.
On the distance and IEEE specifications, it is sufficient to say that you should always buy CAT(egory) 5 cables for your network. I don't think anyone readily sells the older types of cables. Then you have maximum performance and distances.
DMI 2.0s, ACPI, WfM, WOL, BIS, PXE, BOOTP, TFTP, DHCP. Managed by: Any SNMP management, including 3Com Managed PC Boot Agent.
These are also enterprise management tools.
DMI - Desktop Management Interface. Microsoft calls this WMI.
WfM - Intel's Wired for Management specification.
WOL - An AMD specification for remotely energizing a PC. Also called Wake-on-Lan.
BIS - Boot Integrity Services. An enhancement to WfM and PXE.
PXE - A NIC BIOS which allows a computer to boot up the operating system across the network without a local drive being necessary.
BOOTP - an old term for the predecessor to DHCP.
TFTP - Tiny File Transfer Protocol.
SNMP - Systems Network Management Protocol.
Posted by: Ion Silverbolt
I don't trust any review from Tom's Hardware.
Posted by: Heathen
I like DLink's 538TXS
Good card...
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