If you decide to go a little bit cheaper than the 3COM/Intel cards, then DON'T go for dlink. They used to make great medium-cheap cards with a lifetime warranty, but I've had nothing but problems with their 100Mbit cards! If you decide to save money on cards, then go for the Realtec 813x based chipsets. The cards cheap (end-user price, INCLUDING 21% vat is about 15 EUR last time I checked. Frank