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All together now!

by moneymaker2000 , Oct 26 '00
Pros: Great kit for networking with everything you need!
Cons: None that I'm aware of!
I'll be the first to tell you that I don't know a lot about networking but this kit makes it so easy that even someone like myself can do it! I must admit that because of my lack of knowledge, I was a little nervous about doing it by myself but with a...
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DS-104 Hub, NICE!

by AndreBoyle , Sep 10 '00
Pros: Cheap, 100% practical, excellent build quality
Cons: Only 10MB
The DS104 hub is a standard 10MB 4 port network hub. It comes as the basic component of many of the Netgear card/hub packages and will server you well.

Currently I've used and worked with 4 of these little beauties over the past 1.5 years and...
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good hub

by akshar1 , Apr 25 '00
Pros: easy to use
Cons: little more money
I have the 4 port hub, and I have found this hub to be the easiest to use. I bought the linksys hub first, and I'm not a networking genius, so I couldn't figure out how to Internet share. After some research and returning the linksys and buying the...
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Excellent value for money, great performance

by ruri , Feb 25 '00
Pros: Easy to install
Cons: Non that I can think of
I bought this network kit to play multiplayer games (i.e. quake, half-life, etc.). It is one of the best decisions I've ever made. The cards were simple to install, and the guy i talked on the phone when something went wrong was friendly and exceedingly...
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Quick, Easy and WAM! You're Networking...

by starrion , May 30 '00
Pros: Extremely easy to set up, complete high quality package
Cons: Not a one.
So you wanna be a network administrator. Well pilgrim, you're gonna need to know alot about computers, about IRQs, and your network protocols.....

No you don't. Not anymore

Home networking used to be what "Alpha...
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Works great in all Microsoft Windows!

by webular , Jan 24 '01
Pros: Affordable, easy installation, and easy to upgrade.
Cons: Only 10Mb/s with hub, but easy to upgrade to full 100Mb/s.
About a year and half ago, I decided to network the 2 computers I had laying around with my main system. I was studying for my MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) certification, and decided it was time to implement a home network for myself. Not...
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Great Product & Service

by dbarck , Jan 19 '00
Pros: Easy, great customer service
Cons: incomplete package
Having 3 computers in the house led us to consolidate printing options with a LAN. I worked in the College Computer Lab and Netgear was recommended as a reliable mid-range network setup. My husband and I installed it in our computers in less than 30...
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Solid choice for today & the future.

by Superdale , Jan 30 '00
Pros: Reliable Network Ferrari with an automatic transmission
Cons: Nitpicky stuff (see tips in epinion)
If you are looking at starting a home network and don't know were to go, let me show you the starting line. This is and good kit and I have some tips that make it GREAT!
If you have 2 operating machines with PCI card slots (A Pentium class...
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Get 2 computers online with only one phone line

by surf4bucks , Jan 28 '00
Pros: works great
Cons: took some time to figure out the internet sharing part
Our family had 2 computers but only 1 phone line and didn't want to spend the extra money getting another phone line. We looked around and chose the Netgear SB104 starter kit. It was easy to install and we got our computers networked right away. Then we...
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Too Many Users, One Printer

by Joe_R , Jan 27 '00
Pros: Peripheral Sharing, Multi-Player Games
Cons: None
I picked up the Netgear SB104 network kit when I saw an add for it at one of our local office supply stores, the price was too good to pass up. I'd been considering networking my computer with my son's for a while and this provided the opportunity. The...
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Are U Knowledge Lacking? Scared even? EASY!

by revolver , Jan 25 '00
Pros: Easy install, high quality, 10/100 mb sensing, uplink to add another hub if needed...
Cons: None
Everything you need to start your first network or to upgrade a failing one. High quality and reliable!

I started my first Win95 network 2 years ago. I bought some $25 cards and connected the two together peer to peer. It took about 12...
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I love this Hardware

by paid4surfn , Mar 13 '00
Pros: fast ,easy setup, great for sharing connections
Cons: some computer knowledge needed
I have had this hardware for almost a year now. I Really like it. Me and my wife are in home computer junkies and were fighting over the phone line all the time. So we bought this hardware and read on how to connect the two computers to one internet...
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Good Hub For Good Price

by Amit80 , Mar 28 '00
Pros: ease of use
Cons: Couple more Bucks
I have the 4 port hub, and I have found this hub to be the easiest to use. I bought the linksys hub first, and I'm not a networking genius, so I couldn't figure out how to Internet share. After some research and returning the linksys and buying the...
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Even YOU can network your home PCs!

by Augustus , Dec 18 '99
Pros: Quality Hardware, Quality Support
Cons: none
The Netgear SB104 Network Starter Kit was the best small investment I have made this year. The kit contains the everything you need to network 2 PCs and includes an Ethernet Hub that can accept up to two additional PCs or 1 PC and another Ethernet...
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Nice reasonably priced starter kit

by clicq , Jan 12 '00
Pros: Price, ease of installation, driver support
Cons: Speed
I bought this kit about 6 months ago for $60. I'm not sure what the price is now. I'll talk about each piece at a time. The network cards are Netgear's FA310TX. These are 10/100 mbps PCI network cards. The hub has 4 ports and is 10 mbps.

As...
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