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Topic: New Netword Card
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TheKiller
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posted 08-18-2000 02:39 AM
    
I bought a 3Com HomeConnect, Home Network Ethernet Adapther (Model 3C450).It's a 10/100mbps card, far superior to my D-Link 10mbps card. My average ping to my first hop was 27, my new ping is 24. Doesn't seem like much but now when I play quake 3 I get VERY little packetloss... man it's so kewl...I was getting like 2-10% before... It's time to play some RA3 and see what it really is! Does anyone else have a good network card or upgraded network cards?
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TheKiller
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posted 08-18-2000 01:25 PM
LOL @ CySeriously Cy, this card is far better than the other one. I did the two tests as close together as I could and I got those two results. One card is better than the other in what network cards do. Lemme quote what I said on F3d
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RA3 loved my new Card... I played on a typical server and got between 0 and 1% packetloss throughout the whole hour I played. I never saw a red line in my lago-meter. I'm soooooooooo happy
Yeah, I thought the same thing, like what's the differnce... well this new card probably handles packets a lot more efficiently dealing with collisions, and packet order.
I've put in bold the important part of this discussion. ------------------
...TheKiller
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Cyborg6
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posted 08-18-2000 01:42 PM
Killer~ I guess it does make some sense if it relates to the WIN Modem CPU drain concept. It also might make sense for someone with massive amounts of bandwidth like those who have cable in areas without limits. But would it matter for someone like me with a 144Kbps Up/608Kbps down ADSL connetion? Also would a D-Link 10Mbps Card lag a Celeron 400 with a TNT-2 and 128 Megs of RAM @ 66Mhz BUS speeds?I guess I am unsure now. When I get this ADSL connection turned on I will check it out. I want to by one of the home routers with flashed prom internal drivers. WinPoet drivers or whatever they call them are still in their beta stages. Also you can just hook up another unit to it and phone for a home LAN without Sygate lag annoyances. LaG is Hell! ------------------
I can almost smell the ocean now... and that Mac n' fries...
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