Gigabit Wired Router Recommendations?

[MilesAhead]

Anyone have a Gigabit Wired Router they are happy with?
I have 10/100/1000 wired ethernet card on one PC so it's
time to start planning for the faster network down the road.

[UncasMS]

i have hooked a netgear gigabit switch between netgear router and my machines as it was the less expensive way to go 1000mbit

model is Netgear GS605v2

[MilesAhead]

Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out.

[doctorhardware]

I have a dlink that is also very good and it is green rated. It is model DGS-2205.

[MilesAhead]

The last time I installed a network card, the PC didn't have any integrated networking. Is it like putting in a video adapter that supersedes the onboard chips or will I end up multi-homed or what? Everything I see online tells you how to open the case and stick the card in. Nothing about what happens to the integrated network chips. Is there a good guide online you guys know of?

[doctorhardware]

My understanding is the installed network card will take over. It is like the intergrated video cards, when you install a video card the installed video card takes over.

[PurpleDemon]

Whenever I have added another network card on a system that has integrated network adapter I have always ended up with an additional network connection rather than a replaced one.

If I did not need the integrated one I just disabled it in network properties.

It acts completely different than adding a video card. Had this on maybe 7 or 8 PC's now.

Just like a laptop, you will have 2 connections show up. Your wireless and your ethernet.

[doctorhardware]

The one computer that I did the one network connection disappeared from the systray. I did not do anything differently but it did work that way. So I am wondering why the one computer I did worked that way.

[MilesAhead]

I see. Thanks burrell. Guess I don't have too many more excuses to lumber along @100 Mbit. Esp. since I can buy the NIC with the $60 or so UncasMS saved me by avoiding the Gigabit router purchase.

[UncasMS]

Whenever I have added another network card on a system that has integrated network adapter I have always ended up with an additional network connection rather than a replaced one.

same here

you usually have ANOTHER ethernet port when adding the card

disable the onboard card in your network management or - if you like - in your bios

[doctorhardware]

The computer may have had bios issues.

[MilesAhead]

Since I'm this deep into it, the free slot I have is PCI ex 1_1. Anyone have any good gigabit card recommendations? I have to read up on all this PCI jazz. Last card I put in was ISA bus believe it or not.

[doctorhardware]

Wow ISA card that was a real long time ago. ISA must have been like a 486 or below?

[Abuilder]

Some of the early PI boards had a single ISA slot on them at the beginning.
I was heartbroken when ISA was no more and I had to finally give up my ISA Ensoniq Vivo sound card.

[MilesAhead]

Wow ISA card that was a real long time ago. ISA must have been like a 486 or below?

Exactly! Believe it or not I got slow ISA on purpose for maximum compatibility. If I had it to do over again I probably would have gotten a PS/2 machine with microchannel. But the vanilla 486 lasted me a long time.