> We have just cabled for a network- UTP Cat 5 and areabout to buy
> cards for PCs - has anyone any experience of what is good or what
> to avoid. Our terminations are RC45s, our hub is 24 port unmanaged
> (at present) - initially we will be using about 12 ports. I am told
> that it is not worth having anything more than 10MBits per sec at
> present - hopefully this is true because of the cost of 100MBit
> cards!
3Comm cards are good and excellent value for money.
Genius do a really nice, inexpensive hub.
Do not buy the 100MBS cards.
I would also suggest that you buy "combi" cards, even though you've
installed twisted pairs, you never know! The cost is not much
different, few pennies.
Ahmad
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