Recommended NICs (Personal Experience - yellow-highlighted units).
Platform: Desktop PC (Ethernet) | Operating Systems | Speed | Comments |
Adaptec PCI ANA-6911A/TX/TXC | NT, W2K | 10/100M | |
Adaptec PCI (ANA-21140/UC & ANA-6911/UC) | NT, W2K | 10/100M | |
Adaptec 64-bit PCI (ANA-62011) | NT, W2K, WXP | 10/100M | |
Xyratex Gigabit PCI Adapter (SX, LX) | NT | 1000M | Full Duplex |
Xyratex Full Duplex PCI | NT | 10/100M FDX | Full Duplex |
Intel Pro 10/100 (825xx-based) PCI | W2K, WXP | 10/100M | |
Intel Pro 1000 (coming soon?) | |||
Platform: Laptop PC (Ethernet) | |||
Xircom CardBus Ethernet 10/100 (CBE) | NT, W2K, WXP | 10/100M | |
Xircom RBE or RBEM Realport CardBus | NT, W2K, WXP | 10/100M | |
Xircom CardBus Ethernet II 10/100 (CBE2) | NT, W2K, WXP | 10/100M | |
Xircom RBE or RBEM Realport2 CardBus | NT, W2K, WXP | 10/100M | |
IBM EtherJet Cardbus | NT, W2K, WXP | 10/100M | |
Broadcom 1000BT integrated | W2K, WXP | 10/100/1000M | |
Intel 825xx-based Integrated | W2K, WXP | 10/100M | |
Platform: Laptop (WiFi) | |||
Cisco Aironet 340 PCMCIA | NT, W2K, WXP | 11M 'b' | b&g use 2.4Ghz |
Cisco Aironet 350 PCMCIA | NT, W2K, WXP | 54M 'b & g' | |
Symbol Spectrum 24 PCMCIA | NT, W2K, WXP | ||
Agere/Lucent Orinoco Gold PCMCIA | NT, W2K, WXP | ||
Enterasys RoamAbout PCMCIA | NT, W2K, WXP | ||
Atheros AR5002X chipset | W2K, WXP | 54M 'a & b & g' | a uses 5Ghz |
Cisco 802.11a/b/g (uses Atheros driver) | W2K, WXP | 54M 'a & b & g' | |
Proxim Harmony | W2K, WXP | 'a' | |
Proxim 8480WD Cardbus Card World Gold (uses Atheros driver) | W2K, WXP | 54M 'a & b & g' | |
Proxim 8660WD Cardbus Card World Gold (uses Atheros driver) | W2K, WXP | 54M 'a & b & g' | |
D-Link AWG AG-660 | WXP | 54M 'a & b & g' | Atheros.ABG |
Platform: Distributed (Ethernet) | |||
Adaptec PCI ANA-6911A/TX/TXC | NT, W2K | 10/100M | |
Adaptec PCI (ANA-21140/UC & ANA-6911/UC) | NT, W2K | 10/100M | |
Adaptec 64-bit PCI (ANA-62011) | NT, W2K, WXP | 10/100M | |
Xyratex Gigabit PCI Adapter (SX, LX) | NT | 1000M | Full Duplex |
Xyratex Full Duplex PCI | NT | 10/100M FDX | Full Duplex |
Intel Pro 1000 MT Single Port PWLA8390MT (825xx-based) PCI | WXP | 10/100/1000M | |
Intel Pro 1000 MT Dual Port PWLA8490MT (825xx-based) PCI | WXP | 10/100/1000M | Full Duplex |
Platform: Distributed (4xxx) | |||
Platform: Distributed (6xxx) | |||
Platform: Infinistream i120 | RH9 | 10/100/1000M | |
Platform: Infinistream i420 | RH9 | ||
Platform: Infinistream i1620 | RH9 | ||