NIC for Win 10

joebedford wrote:
I suppose if he had said NIC, I would have thought cabled; NIA is either really. I shouldn't have assumed wifi.

May be a little confusion here. Yes, I was referring as per my title to a Network Interface Card using a RJ-45 connector and Ethernet cable.

After a little more research a USB adapter would work fine but I've also found a cheap PCI card that has Win 10 drivers. Many of the links in other posts do not specify Win 10 compatibility, so they may or may not work.

thanks again for all the suggestions

joebedford wrote:
I suppose if he had said NIC, I would have thought cabled; NIA is either really. I shouldn't have assumed wifi.

The thread title says "NIC for Win 10", not sure where you got NIA. Ah, he wrote it out rather than the acronym.

I don't see windows 10 listed but one of the reviews says it works with 10 and self installs drivers



USB NIC 2.0

I suppose if he had said NIC, I would have thought cabled; NIA is either really. I shouldn't have assumed wifi.

joebedford wrote:

dryfly wrote:
USB is certainly an option but this is an older MB that only has USB 2.0, so that's going to slow things down.

Youu must have REALLY REALLY good wifi for USB 2.0 to slow you down - USB 2.0 is rated at 480mbps! I get 5mbps on my internet going downhill with a tailwind.

He may be trying to hook up to a gigabit line, as he is talking about an NIC rather than a Wifi card.

dryfly wrote:
USB is certainly an option but this is an older MB that only has USB 2.0, so that's going to slow things down.

Youu must have REALLY REALLY good wifi for USB 2.0 to slow you down - USB 2.0 is rated at 480mbps! I get 5mbps on my internet going downhill with a tailwind.

thanks for the suggestions. USB is certainly an option but this is an older MB that only has USB 2.0, so that's going to slow things down.

I have found an inexpensive PCI board that I think I'll try.

I use USB on my win-10 box

There are many listed on Amazon for win 10 but a USB adapter is simpler and has more options. Many that supprt win 8 also support 10

usb?