Zonet 10/100/1000Mb Gigabit PCI 32 Bit Ethernet Card

Good value

Strengths: Price.

Weaknesses: GigE pushes the limits of 32-bit PCI.

Summary: The Realtek 8169 GigE cards are a great value. Decent performance

for desktop use too. You probably want 64-bit PCI or maybe even PCI

Express for server use though.

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Zonet Zen-3300E Gigabit PCI card

Strengths: works as specified

Weaknesses: none

Summary: Gigabit PCI card is getting more popular in the consumer market with its frequent use in transferring large audio and video files. Zonet Zen-3300E fits the bill perfectly at the performance of the bigboys' Gigabit cards. Zen-3300E was up running right after I inserted it into a an empty pci slot on my PC. Windows automatically recognized it so there was no need for installing any extra driver. You will notice a big difference in file transferring speed comparing to 10/100Mb cards. Nowadays, all PCs should have a Gigabit ethernet port instead of just a 10/100Mb ethernet port. For copper Gigabit connection, Zen-3300e will get your system up to speed in file transferring without breaking the bank.

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Zonet gigabit PCI card

Strengths: price competitive

Weaknesses: not a main stream brand name product

Summary: Zonet Zen3300E performs comparable to many other main stream brand name gigabit PCI cards. I had it connected to a gigabit switch and it operated smoothly without any problem like the other larger brand name gigabit cards in the network. For frequent fast transferring of large data files gigabit connection is a must have and Zonet Zen3300E makes it affordable for an easy upgrade from 10/100 ethernet connection to gigabit connection.

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cheap comes at a price

Strengths: n/a

Weaknesses: not recognized by WinXP Pro SP2

Summary: This was a very inexpensive card, but cheap comes at a price. I attempted to install this on a WindowsXP Pro SP2 system but found first of all that it would not autodetect the device. I then tried manual installation using the disk, but still did not install. I then downloaded updated drivers from zonet's site still with no solution. The card was getting power but Windows indicated it had "limited or no connectivity". After 3 days of frustration I returned it.

I'm going to try a better brand such as DLink next time

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repeat customer for this product

Strengths: fast and reliable

Weaknesses: Driver comes on a floppy. The box is outdated and need to state compatability with MS XP

Summary: This is my second purchase of this product. My first went with my old PC and my son to college. So on purchasing a new PC I opted out of the default offerings and based on my prior experiece ordered this product again.

As my new PC has no floppy, I went to the library and downloaded the driver to a CD so I could perform the installation. Otherwise this product is an excellent value and is of high quality.

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Not a happy camper

Strengths: None

Weaknesses: Did not work on my PC

Summary: Although my PC is fairly old, it still runs pretty well. I decided to upgrade my NIC when I upgraded the OS. My PC did not detect the Zonet card. I installed the driver manually but it still would not work. All in all, I am not satisfied.

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