Ethernet card or onboard?

[Shamrock]

I am not sure if I should purchase an ethernet card or use my new mobo's integrated..

Here is my new mobo:

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-130-468&depa=1

I was thinking about getting a cheap ethernet card..

Here is the one I was thinking about getting:

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=33-122-133&DEPA=1

Do you think using my mobo's integrated will work just as good as an ethernet card, or should I purchase one?

 

[blackeye]

i got the motherboard you are looking at getting and I have no problem with the onboard ethernet. I would say just stay with the onboard unless you want to waste a PCI slot. Just install the drivers that come on the cd and you will be fine.

 

[Shamrock]

All right. Thanks a lot. That will save me money. Now, I can now put more money into upgrading everything else. Thanks once again.

 

[Shamrock]

The thing is I am not going to be plugged directly into a router using an ethernet cable due to me being 2 stories higher than where my router is. I do not know if using a wireless adapter through the usb port would work as good.

 

[bryanf445]

use onboard

 

[blackeye]

Assuming you have a wireless router you may be looking for something like this then

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=33-127-145&depa=0
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=33-124-115&depa=0

It will use a pci slot howevor but it may be your only option.

How many mb/s is your router because there is no sense in getting a 54mb card if your router only supports 11.

 

[Shamrock]

I am not sure what my router is since I did not make the purchase. Someone in my family bought it and hooked it up. So I really do not know how many mbs it is. It is a Netgear though.

Edit: It says on the bottom of it NETGEAR Wireless Router MR814v2.

 

[blackeye]

is it atleast wireless though?

 

[Shamrock]

Yes. It is wireless.

 

[h4vvok]

Wireless internet= sucked in my opinion...but then again my dsl modem sits 1 foot away

 

[Shamrock]

I can't help it. I mean I could try and run a 120 foot wire to my room, but that won't happen. I am forced to use wireless. Its not my choice. I mean I can try and make them buy a new router so my wireless signal is a lot stonger, but that might not happen either.