Subj : Re: UBCD4WIN Issue To : JAY EMRIE From : Dustin Cook Date : Wed Oct 05 2005 11:20 am Re: Re: UBCD4WIN Issue By: JAY EMRIE to DUSTIN COOK on Thu Sep 29 2005 10:01 pm > > DC>RF> With the laptop still connected to the external drive via Firewire, > DC>RF> I attempted the build from an XP desktop connected to a SMC Barricad > DC>RF> router via Realtek 10/100 NIC. The laptop was also connected to > DC>RF> the router via Netgear FA411 10/100 cardbus. The source was the > DC>RF> Xandros share on the external hard drive. This progressed, but > DC>RF> eventually stalled. > > DC>Thats a low end nic card. For performance reasons,You may wish to conside > DC>another card. > > Dustin, which NIC cards would you consider to be NOT low end? > I have been using an ADMtek AN983 Ethernet Adapter for quite some time - > flawlessly so far. Wondering which card to get for a replacement system > I am putting together. Non INtEL ! Going to stay with AMD. > > Jay I'm confused by what you mean by non intel and your going to stay with AMD. It's perfectly okay to use an Intel NIC card on an amd system. :) I've had great luck with linksys of all things, cnet cards do well as well. They are not on the expensive end, either. --- SBBSecho 2.10-Win32 * Origin: The DarkSide BBS * Telnet://darkside.dtdns.net (1:229/638) .