Advantages: Quick Installation, Colour co-oridinated, Fast Speeds
Disadvantages: Price Varied

...to a modem, one via a USB (Universal Serial Bus cable that supports data transfers) and one via an Ethernet Cable (Bus cable supporting data transfers). However with the introduction of a new PC, my machine was moved to a different room, hence the requirement of a longer, Networking cable that could support the data transfer requirements and provide flawless data transmission. Computers that are linked up to a LAN are connected using Cat-5 Cables. Cat-5 is short for Category 5; the definition for network cabling that consists of four twisted pairs of copper wire terminated by RJ45 Connectors (Registered Jack 45 – an 8 wire computer connector). RJ45 Connectors look very similar to the RJ11 connectors used to connect telephone equipment but they are slightly wider/ Standard Category 5 cabling supports frequencies of 100Mhz and speeds up to 1000... Read review

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Advantages: Reduce TCO
Disadvantages: not really for home use

...3Com's excellent network interface card (NIC)certainly cuts the mustart especially for the desktop. It gives 10Mbps over CAT 3, 4 or 5, and 100Mbps for CAT 5. It has the usual RJ45 and BNC connections for ethernet networks. Installation is a dream especially on plug and play operating systems. For the network management freaks among you it has :- 1) Performance Management 2) Network Management (over switched networks) 3) Remote Wake Up (RWU) 4) Desktop Management capabilities. Overall the card is extremely reliable and robust. Advantages: Reduce TCO, Easy installation Disadvantages: could be too costly for the home user... Read review

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Advantages: reliable and well supported.
Disadvantages: Runs very warm, only has RJ45 socket

...I run several servers, and this is my network card of choice. Never had a problem with this card under FreeBSD, Linux and Windows, and the card has never had any problems with cheap hubs, like so many 100Mbit network cards seem to have. The card is obviously built to last, and has the three usual status lights, Link, Activity and 100Mbit. Card only has RJ45 Cat5 twisted pair socket, like most other 10/100 cards. Anyone who wants a reliable network, a fast card, a card which is supported well under BSD and other operating systems should buy this.... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to install, and very reliable
Disadvantages: Large aerial can look unsightly and get in the way.

...I bought one of these cards only a few months ago. I was debating running a cat5 cable from one floor of my house up to the next and through a couple of walls. Logic suggested to me that using a cable'd method for connection would work out to be the cheaper option, seeing as the technology has been around for quite some time now and wireless technology is still fairly new. I visited my local reseller of computer and electrical products to be faced with a moral dilemna. A cat5 cable at the length I required and 1 PCI network adapter worked out to be £5 more than buying the linksys wireless PCI adapter. My router was I knew was already wireless, as they all seem to be these days. Suddenly it was a decision based on whether I believed wireless could compete with a cable solution. Well to cut a short story even shorter I opted... Read review

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Advantages: fast, allows shared broadband, different lengths, cheap
Disadvantages: none

...I needed to set up a quick and easy LAN network at home so that both my home computer and my laptop could use my broadband internet connection. You see this cable is a CAT 5E which means that it allows broadband to be shared where as normal CAT 5 cable does not surport broadband only regular internet. This cable also is a RJ45 (male) cable well actaully its male to male which means that it will fit into most LAN cards and routers. Some LAN cards only use female ends though i havent found one of these yet. The cable also has a 300 MHZ (some have got 500 MHZ)bandwith which allows quick file sharing among the computers, i havent even noticed any lag one the internet either. The cable does come in a range of sizes from little 3 ft one to the massive 24 ft one i use at mt home, the cable is rather thick and hard to hide espically since... Read review

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Advantages: You can earn points to get free stuff
Disadvantages: A lot of the stuff is not very good

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