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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    
       

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