PC Peripherals Unable to decide which LAN Card/NIC card to buy

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sunandoghosh

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Unable to decide which LAN Card/NIC card to buy

Hi people,

I have a pc operating on windows xp with following motherboard:

"Motherboard Name Intel Bay Field D865GBF"

Can anyone suggest which LAN card / NIC card (i think both refer to same thing ) should i buy so that i can connect my pc to another one (which already has one NIC installed)...

thanks and yes please reply a bit early as want to purchase soon...

thanks again :S :S :S

sunandoghosh (at) rediffmail (dot) com
 
My suggestion is Dlink - been using it since 2years no probs till now.

And its really gr8.

Dlink 10/100 [Dont remember the exact model number]
You can also get ur self a Gigabit Lan card for more transfer rates.

i got my dlink for Rs450 - 2Years ago.
 
Chaos Said
Hm... but is gigabit over pci bus worth it? Wouldnt give too good a throughput I think. Also the other pc might not be gigabit.
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But it is faster than a normal 10/100 isnt it.
Something faster is more preferable is what i feel.
what if his friends later of think of upgrading there Lan cards.
 
I used gigabit lan cards on my 2 home PCs and believe me file transfer in between them was much faster.
I was suggesting, keeping such a setup in mind.
 
Darklord said:
I used gigabit lan cards on my 2 home PCs and believe me file transfer in between them was much faster.
I was suggesting, keeping such a setup in mind.
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Hm... yeah at 900 bucks a piece, it sounds like a good solution. But its of no use though if he's on a 100mbps switched network.
 
Chaos said:
Hm... yeah at 900 bucks a piece, it sounds like a good solution. But its of no use though if he's on a 100mbps switched network.
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You said it m8 just forgot the switch whats the use if his n/w is on a 100Mbps switch.
 
wow............................

i am really mesmerized...so many responses....cant thank everyone enough........

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"Yeah if ur othr PC has Gigabit lan then go for a gigabit lan card or else ny will do....."

my other pc has nic 10/100 mbps (i dont understand what it means but it appears its in megabit and not gigabit.....was wondering why its 10 or 100 ?????????)

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"Get Pronet Gigabit Copper LAN card which is for 900/-

Worth it and useful if you wanna connect 2 PCs only."

why it is useful only with two PCs?????????
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"Hm... but is gigabit over pci bus worth it?"

what is pci bus????????????? (just for my knowledge plz explain)
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"But it is faster than a normal 10/100 isnt it.
Something faster is more preferable is what i feel."

even i will vouch that from general layman perspective...but cannot say from technical side????????

"what if his friends later of think of upgrading there Lan cards."

i was wondering cant one pc having NIC in megabits connect to another pc having NIc in gigabits??????? and will there be no benefit of some increased speed compared to both being in megabits????
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"Hm... yeah at 900 bucks a piece, it sounds like a good solution. But its of no use though if he's on a 100mbps switched network"

what is a switched network???????????
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again i know too many many questions asked but i got this courage by seeing such overwhelming response to my question...

thanks to all of u man... :clap: :clap: :clap:

sunando

p.s. when i posted my question originally i was wondering if someone will ever reply...
 
Q1 my other pc has nic 10/100 mbps (i dont understand what it means but it appears its in megabit and not gigabit.....was wondering why its 10 or 100 ?????????)

Ans1:- 10/100
10 for 10Mbps
100 for 100meter
it transfers data at speed of 10Mbps for every 100meter of LAN cable after 100Meter of wire usage the speed drops

Q2 "Get Pronet Gigabit Copper LAN card which is for 900/-
Worth it and useful if you wanna connect 2 PCs only." why it is useful only with two PCs?????????

Ans2:- No , its can be any number of PC's having the Gigabit LAN card

Q3 "Hm... but is gigabit over pci bus worth it?"
what is pci bus????????????? (just for my knowledge plz explain)

Ans3:- PCI Bus has a max speed of 528Mbps while a Gibit LAN card is supposed to handle speed in excess of 1000Mbps

Q4 "But it is faster than a normal 10/100 isnt it. Something faster is more preferable is what i feel."
even i will vouch that from general layman perspective...but cannot say from technical side????????
Ans 4:- A Gigbit LAN card even if it cannot perform to its max speed on a PCI Bus it would be faster than the 10/100 LAN Card.

Q5 "what if his friends later of think of upgrading there Lan cards."
i was wondering cant one pc having NIC in megabits connect to another pc having NIc in gigabits??????? and will there be no benefit of some increased speed compared to both being in megabits????

Ans5:- Yes a person having a Gigabit Lan card can connect to a person having a 10/100 Lan Card as long as they are in the same LAN.
Dont know about speed , i think it will perform at the speed of 10/100 Lan card only

Q6"Hm... yeah at 900 bucks a piece, it sounds like a good solution. But its of no use though if he's on a 100mbps switched network"
what is a switched network???????????

Ans6:-
A switch is a device used to connect more than 2 people in a network.
If there are just 2 people in a network than they can connect with a cross crimped Cat5 cable inserted from 1 PC's Lan card
to other PC's Lan card.

But what if there are more than 2 people who want to connect then here comes a switch which is a device used to connect
2 or more people in a LAN. and wires go from each and every PC to a Switch.

Minimum port on a switch is 8 so a max of 8 people can connect in a LAN with the help of a switch.
Also remember a switch requires straight crimped LAN cables

Lan cables are CAT5 cables.

Straight Crimp and Cross Crimping can be done at any shop who sell LAN cables and RJ45 Connectors
Hope that answers all your doubts :)
 
sunandoghosh said:
Hi Quad Master ,

my God what a wonderful explanation to almost all my queries... :cool2: :thanx:

i must bow in front of ur knowledge...

thanks
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No need to bow at all.

I really love to share my knowledge.

I too have gained knowledge like this , whats the use if you keep info upto u,
and others dont benifit from it.

Enjoy.
 
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