On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Munir Nassar wrote: > i beg to differ, i have had only the best from 3com cards. though i would > like to know what kind of peoblems you have had... There are several 3c905 series chips that have major problems at 100Mb. I've only seen this problem with the 3c905B chip but I've heard it is present in some 905Cs as well. At 10Mb they're just fine. At 100Mb, they drop frames. Not just a few, it seemed to occur in bursts. Machines will just lose network connectivity for a couple minutes then mysteriously come back. Occasionally it'd be dropping for an entire day or more and a particular machine would be unusable. Call up our hardware vendor, order a replacement, user comes in the next day before the new card has arrived, all is working. We narrowed it down to the 3com cards as it was not occuring in the few machines with Intel Etherexpress cards. We replaced a few problem machines with Intel cards, all was good. I guess the other real problem I have with 3com is that if I can get a Netgear for $20, why am I paying $80 for a 3c905C? Even though I'm sure the frame dropping issue is no more, I cringe when I see one on the shelf next to cards that cost half the price (or cheaper). > and remember all 3com products have a life-time warranty against defects > on them, Yes, and if I had kept at it my frame problem would have been resolved eventually as they would have finally sent me cards that worked. I just don't see it as a wise investment. -Brian