Originally posted by Sol:
I am having DSL installed this week (well they have me scheduled this week). I need an NIC card. My OS is win2k and I am not really sure what would be my best bet. Any ideas??? thanks
Well actualy I can really help here as I work for DSL provider, and deal with about 6000 dsl lines... from what we have found 3COM makes NICS that are all around most compatible.. followed closely by Intel.. I would NOT recommend a Linksys thou... they seem to have the oddest and most problems of all the cards.. expecially if you are using a bridge for dsl as the bridge has to work directly with your NIC as appossed to thru a hub. All sorts of problems from guys DSL line dropping everytime they open an ftp connection to just plain dropping the link at random times. For the small price of a NIC card these days there is really no reason to (In my eyes) to go with anything other than 3com. I think you will find that no matter who you talk to they will say 3com is tops (no to mention all their cards are lifetime warranty) You should be able to pick up a top of the line 3c905X 10/100 NIC for about 40$ and when you put that next to the price of the dsl line or how much you use the net I am sure you will agree it is a small price to pay for something you will never have to worry about for a LONG LONG time..