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To: Spots who wrote (1173)	6/8/1998 1:56:00 PM
From: Sean W. Smith	Respond to of 14778

>>Is the slower speed of an ISA slot a consideration regarding the ethernet card. ISA is too slow for 100mb, but 10mb works fine. In the foreseeable future internet at 10mb is probably the topside of dream world. You could always add a second 100mb pci NIC for a local connection later if you had a slot. In other words, no downside to ISA 10mb if external factors constrain you to 10mb anyhow. You COULD go whole hog and put in a 10/100 switch to get 100mb local connection plus a bridge to 10 mb internet, but with the exception of (possibly) a 10baseT NIC or two at about $30 bucks apiece, you'd still need all the same equipment you'd need for the 10mb solution plus more. Spots don't recommend ISA nics. Too much CPU overhead due to lack fo bus mastering. PCI 10/100 is the way to go. The switched solution works well. Waiting for my new 8 port 10/100 Switch to arrive and I will have all my PC's at home running 100M Full Duplex and one 10M Connection to my router... Sean