On 24 Jul 00, at 21:49, Wendy Brown wrote:

> I just bought my daughter a Toshiba Satellite 2755DVD Laptop for
> college. Since I am "Laptop Illiterate", I was wondering if there
> is preference on a 10/100 Mbps Ethernet PC card??   This is
> necessary to connect to the college's network, but I wasn't sure if
> there was a speed difference between different brands i.e. 3Com vs
> Netgear (a brand I found at Best Buy).

  I haven't encountered a noticable speed difference.  [The cards
I've been using combine 10/100Mbps NIC and 56Kbps modem on one card.]

  Xircom:  I like them, except that I'm accumulating a small pile of
cards on which the modem function has died -- enough that I suspect a
design inadequacy.

  3com:  I have not been able to find Win2K drivers for these yet.

  Intel:  We've only just ordered these, and haven't had a chance to
get to know them yet.

David G

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