Herb Allure uses a network of 8 computers joined together by an Ethernet network to handle all of our business and printing requirements.<P>We have used many different brand names of ethernet cards and hubs and have found that, by far, the most consistent and trouble-free cards and hubs have been made by 3-COM.<P>We've tried other brands, such as TrendNET, LinkSYS, and others and have often had problems develop with them within a few months or less. We've always ended up replacing them with the (much) more expensive 3-COM brand cards and seen our networking troubles disappear.<P>I'm not saying that these other brands are not good. In fact, I know several other people who use them without problems, but, unfortunately, we have not been so fortunate.<P>Last year we replaced our 8-port 3-COM ethernet hub with an inexpensive 16 port hub from TrendNET and had serious and time-consuming problems for about 6 months. We finally replaced it with a $250+ hub from 3-COM and suddenly, nearly all our networking woes were gone.<P>If you have any computer or Internet related questions, please feel free to e-mail me. I'm glad to help!<P>------------------<BR>Russ Tanner<BR>of Herb Allure