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Linksys by Cisco LNE100TX EtherFast 10/100 LAN Card
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Falling off a log
(5 out of 5) by Tom Douglas on Feb 20, 2003 (Oxford, United Kingdom)There is not much that you need to know, so I will keep it brief.
I have a cable modem using USB and wanted to change to an ethernet card. I'm not much of a techie, although I can open up my PC without needing Valium.
In the box was a guide for idiots like me, so it was all embarrassingly simple: open PC, plug in card, close PC, run installation CD, job done.
Painless, stressless, and no problems of any kind since. If only it was always so easy.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
Update (and apology?)
(3 out of 5) by Amazon Customer on Jun 27, 2003My cards are working now.
I received advice from Linksys to install the card(s) in a different PCI slot and let XP auto-install the card. This would use the Windows XP drivers (v4) rather than the ones on the CD shipped with the cards (v5.1) - and it worked!
I'm still resentful of the hours I wasted faffing around with this installation, but this info may be of use to anyone else running XP.
Once installed, I have no complaints at all.
I received advice from Linksys to install the card(s) in a different PCI slot and let XP auto-install the card. This would use the Windows XP drivers (v4) rather than the ones on the CD shipped with the cards (v5.1) - and it worked!
I'm still resentful of the hours I wasted faffing around with this installation, but this info may be of use to anyone else running XP.
Once installed, I have no complaints at all.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
One Star makes it seem too good.
(1 out of 5) by Amazon Customer on Jun 27, 2003AT the moment, I'm spitting feathers so it's hard to keep my comments within the bounds Amazon have set.
I bought 2 of these cards for my kids' computers - Both Compaq Deskpro EPs.
On the first one (Windows 98) the drivers installed OK, but the PC wouldn't reboot.
On the second (Windows XP) the drivers wouldn't install.
So I upgraded the first PC to Windows XP, and the drivers installed but the card didn't work.
The included diagnostics said that no card was installed although XP could see it.
I contacted Linksys Tech Support but have heard nothing yet.
So I'm disappointed. Despite being a MCSE with 20 years experience of PCs I'm at a loss. I've installed hundreds of network cards. It should be a 10 minute job, but with these cards ... Well, you might be lucky but I'd choose an alternative.
I bought 2 of these cards for my kids' computers - Both Compaq Deskpro EPs.
On the first one (Windows 98) the drivers installed OK, but the PC wouldn't reboot.
On the second (Windows XP) the drivers wouldn't install.
So I upgraded the first PC to Windows XP, and the drivers installed but the card didn't work.
The included diagnostics said that no card was installed although XP could see it.
I contacted Linksys Tech Support but have heard nothing yet.
So I'm disappointed. Despite being a MCSE with 20 years experience of PCs I'm at a loss. I've installed hundreds of network cards. It should be a 10 minute job, but with these cards ... Well, you might be lucky but I'd choose an alternative.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
It works in Linux
(5 out of 5) by C. Cole on Jan 31, 2007 (Scotland)I bought this so I could use my broadband modem with my Linux (Mepis 6.0, kernel 2.6x) PC and it works brilliantly.
I simply installed it into a spare PCI slot and rebooted the PC and Linux recognised it using the 'tulip' driver.
I simply installed it into a spare PCI slot and rebooted the PC and Linux recognised it using the 'tulip' driver.
Ethernet
(5 out of 5) by S. Dean on Jul 27, 2009Does exactly what it says on the tin! Easy to install for a non techie and worked instantly with no hidden complexities!