3Com EtherLink III PCI Combo

Advantages: Reduce TCO
Disadvantages: not really for home use

...3Com's excellent network interface card (NIC)certainly cuts the mustart especially for the desktop. It gives 10Mbps over CAT 3, 4 or 5, and 100Mbps for CAT 5. It has the usual RJ45 and BNC connections for ethernet networks. Installation is a dream especially on plug and play operating systems. For the network management freaks among you it has :- 1) Performance Management 2) Network Management (over switched networks) 3) Remote Wake Up (RWU) 4) Desktop Management capabilities. Overall the card is extremely reliable and robust. Advantages: Reduce TCO, Easy installation Disadvantages: could be too costly for the home user... Read review

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Advantages: Fun
Disadvantages: None

...Picture the scene. My friends and I (note the good English!) have just finished our A-levels, and have about 3 months free to have some fun. One of your friends parents go away, and he decides to have a party. But this is no normal party, this is a network party! It may sound a little sad to most people, but it's actually quite a lot of fun. Computer games you see, that's the reason! A lot of the computer game doubters say that they are an anti-social affair, but that could not be further from the truth. Computer games are better when played with or against another person, but unfortunately for us PC gamers the chance to do this is not all that common. The internet does allow you to play against others, but the slow speed of a normal 56K modem limits the type of game you can play, and the speed at which you can play it. The answer lies... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap, effective and functional
Disadvantages: single port is restrictive

...This is my 2nd review of the 3com Network cards today. This time I intend to write about one of the less expensive cards that offer great performance on modern networks. I have already explained about networks on my previous opinion so for those of you who have not read it and want to know more about networks, please read my other opinion too. It will help with the terminology here. The 3Com 905B NM 10/100MBit PCI Overview. This truly is a great Network Card. Produced by 3com, who are one of the market innovators in Network Technology, it provides the user with a solitary connection to a network via a modern RJ-45 type connector. the NM in its title stands for Non-Management. This will be explained. Compatibility. This card, like the other card I have written about, is also PCI slot fitting. This means that it fits... Read review

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