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« on: March 04, 2005, 10:10:23 AM »

Has anyone found that switching to a newer ethernet adapter speeds up your connection? I'm currently using the onboard lan, very ancient, and am considering upgrading to a newer pci adapter. Could this make a difference even though my card is already operating at 100Mbps/full duplex?


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« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2005, 10:36:46 AM »

You wont notice any real difference unless your home netwrking. The integrated one in my comp was about 4 years old before i bought my pci, not a difference at all.


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« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2005, 10:56:20 AM »

Thanks for the info. And how about the modem? I'm using an old Linksys befcmu10. I couldn't find anything about bandwidth caps for this one and Linksys hasn't had updated firmware since I've had it (over 3 years).


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