I tend to use Linksys switches (not hubs) and SMC PCI NIC's with my clients
setups and find that I get the best performance price ratio without spending
much time fooling around with stupid things like drivers that don't work.
Throughput seems good.

I like the 3Com cards but when I'm happy with the SMC cards at half the
price, the price generally wins out.

I have had Netgear hubs fail. Have yet to have a problem with a Linksys
switch.

Craig

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Jason
> Brown
> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 5:36 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: Ethernet Cards
>
>
>
> I have used netgear hubs at work for a while, and they would periodically
> lock up and have to be turned off/on.  I have always liked linksys.
>
> Jason Brown
>
> On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, Kevin Buettner wrote:
> > Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 12:43:04 -0700
> > To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > From: Kevin Buettner <kev@primenet.com>
> > Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > Subject: Re: Ethernet Cards
> >
> > On Jul 25, 12:38pm, Peter M. Williams wrote:
> >
> > > 	Yesterday I asked about Ethernet cards and Hubs.  I looked at the
> > Intel and
> > > 3Com cards like you suggested, but what about NetGear?  They
> seem to be
> > a
> > > lot less expensive and I'm trying to save up for other toys:-)
> >
> > I have a 8 port fast ethernet switch that I really like (FS-108).
> > I've never bought a NetGear NIC due to the fact that NetGear
> > frequently changes the chipset that they use and you don't really know
> > what you got until you have it and it's too late.
> >
> > Kevin
> >
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