As far as the Notebook, get a Megahertz/3Com PCMCIA or CardBus if it supports it. Theyre great. You can also find LinkSys for substantially cheaper and I doub't you'll notice a differance. I happen to like the 3Com/Megahertz because I've never ever had problems with them. I did have some problems with a Linksys that would free Win98 whenever it was inserted. But that was just one case. Not something I've heard documented over and over.
Same goes for the PCI NIC for the desktop computer. Linksys or NetGear are good cheap brands for NICs. I still buy 3Com because of the compatibilitly with alternative Operating systems.
But if you want to save money you can do it by going with a brand like LinkSys.
btw you might want a hub or you can just get the direct cable and link the 2 computers.
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Same goes for the PCI NIC for the desktop computer. Linksys or NetGear are good cheap brands for NICs. I still buy 3Com because of the compatibilitly with alternative Operating systems.
But if you want to save money you can do it by going with a brand like LinkSys.
btw you might want a hub or you can just get the direct cable and link the 2 computers.
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