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first of all, this is a 10/100mbs card, which means it will be faster than a 10mbs card if your your network is 100mbs+. Though network cards are fairly boring and undifferentiated products, I like this one- here are 4 reasons why:

1.The 'dongle' has THREE indicators lights, thats three times as many as most other dongles. Also, it feels like a sturdy fit, that won't snap off that easily.

2.The Blue rj-45 cable is a smooth, out of the ordinary color, that reminds you that you have a stylish netgear card stuck inside.

3. The drivers loaded no-probs on my good old dell lattitude 133mhz, which is on windows 2000 now. (my 3 year old Xircom card just broke).

4. It matches my Netgear [7 port 10/100mbs] hub, which I have grown to like because it looks good and works well, so I am becoming a loyal Netgear fan.

I gave them 4 out of 5 stars because after all, it is still just a network card.

Throught the course of 8 months I have gone through FOUR of these because the dongle that connects the CAT-5 cable to the actual card always breaks where it connects to the card. If your laptop is sitting in one place all the time, it will probably be fine, but if you plan on having your laptop move around while you are connected, then forget it. The only reason I stayed with this model was because Staples would replace it for free each time it broke, since it was usually 2 months apart. Other than that, the card itself worked superbly. Fast clean connection when the dongle was intact.

I love it....In three minutes, this NIC installed on the first try, unlike any of the Linksys products I have used before.

What a headache, after hours of pulling my hair out, the dongles were bad. I purchaced two of these cards and both dongles were defective right out of the box. It seems this is a common problem with the Netgear PCMCIA cards. Sure they were under warranty but who can afford the down time of constant dongle replacement. Avoid this item and get a 3COM product, they never fail.

I'm new to using computer networks, and I have to say that this card DOES it all, for less than the cost of a USB-to-ETHERNET adapter, and can run at 100mbps.

I was not sure which brand to buy but the Fact that the Netgear was in stock and the Linksys was not made me choose Netgear, and I am so glad I have! This works good on my cable modem and my uncles! The card works in My Sony PCG-XS and other laptops I have tried it in!

This is a great find!