( 13 reviews )
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Posted: May 28 2009
Purchased card and installed drivers provided on CD with product. Had problem with Ethernet LAN wiring that runs through my surge protection device APC BX1500LCD (which only supports 10/100 pass-through speed). Solution was to have Ethernet bypass APC BX1500LCD to allow Gigabit LAN speed. Purchasing an APC PNET1GB device to add RJ-45 protection back for PC. Keep this in mind when connecting you PC to switch / router if you are not getting Gigabit LAN after installing card and drivers from CD.
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Posted: May 25 2009
I'm upgrading my home network to gigabit wired, N wireless. I have a Linksys 610N as the router/switch, a Netgear GS605 as a local switch to connect an older pc and a work laptop with a gigabit ethernet port. I installed this card (EG1032) in the older PC and installed the driver. Going forward I had much slower boot times, and the CPU pegged at 100% all of the time. Yes, I did have network connectivity, but the PC was almost impossible to use. I put the old etherfast card back in, and the PC went back to normal. I want to emphasize that that the old PC is slow (P3) but is fully up to date with XP Pro SP3. My guess is that this card puts one hell of a load on the CPU that just isn't noticed on faster processors. It may well be fine for newer desktops that due to cheapskate manufacturers still come with etherfast connections.
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Posted: Jan 6 2009
Excellent product. Installs and performs flawlessly. But they must have decided that no one uses or needs NDIS drivers anymore, as there is none available. A fact that makes the card useless to anyone who uses DOS based disk imaging programs over a network. And the DOS based utilities are still by far the best, so why isn't this driver included? The 10/100 cards had them!
