Q-Logic QLA4050C (QLA4050-CK) Network Adapter

Pros: Fast, cheap, and easy
Cons: No NAT-based ICS included

If you own more than one computer, you should have this product. It's very good, and very cheap. I certainly wish I had installed a home network years ago. If I had known it was this cheap and easy, I would have.

Why do I recommend this?...

Pros: Kit includes all the hardware you'll need to network two computers.
Cons: There are less expensive (and equally suited to home use) products available. Installation will be no more difficult than installation of DFE 910-- pop in two NICs, install the appropriate drivers, and run some CAT5 cable.

Have a number of computers at home, and you want to share your lone dial-up connection? Do you really, really want to play Baldur's Gate with your brother? Have any desire whatsoever to share files without having to resort to removable media?...

Pros: Cheaper cost than its competition. More than adequate.
Cons: Shareware software included is buggy and pretty difficult for a novice.

For a job, I got to recently compare a pair of home networking kits, and the D-link DFE 910 was one of them. Although there are a number of different ways to link computers together for your home, I prefer Ethernet. This is the fastest and most...

Pros: Cheap, easy to install, all-in-one packaging
Cons: none

I knew very little about networking before I got this setup. I just knew I couldn't pass up this great deal when I saw it.

The bundle comes with everything you need. a 5 port hub, 2-25 ft Cat5 cables, 2 network cards, and token ring...

Pros: Ease of setup, switch vs. hub
Cons: Quirky proxy software, not thrilled with tech. support

I needed a solution to accomplish the following: (1) share an Internet connection, (2) share printers and (3) transfer files between machines. In a nutshell, the DFE-910 does all of the above nicely. The setup went exactly as the decently-written...

Pros: price, speed, eae of setup, uplink port, doesn't waste an IP Address
Cons: the loud, noisy fan

You might ask yourself, what’s there not to like about a network hub? Well the answer is the one thing that I did NOT expect when I built my home network: A hub with a loud and noisy fan.

Yep, that’s right. My D-Link DSH-5 10/100 Ethernet...

Pros: Speed, Reliability, Quick Setup
Cons: None

So you need to purchase a home networking kit? You've basically got 4 categories to choose from: ethernet, phone line, wireless, and electrical.
Phone line systems (Intel AnyPoint, for example) have been gaining popularity lately for their ease of...

Pros: Everything Included; 100Mbps Hub; Lifetime Warranty
Cons: Slightly Noisy Fan In Hub

The following is from my complete review, which is published at http://avault.com/hardware/getreview.asp?review=dfe910. It was published on May 27, 1999, and covers this product in-depth.

NOTE: I no longer publish reviews/articles on that...

Pros: Nice price, convenient "all in one" package
Cons: Did not work well on my system

A few months ago I decided to purchase an inexpensive networking kit to link up the three computers I have at home. I decided to purchase the D-Link kit because the price was good, it had a rebate and because it would allow expansion should I ever need...

Pros: easy setup, good installation instructions
Cons: proxy server that comes with the kit is unreliable

D-Link is one of the larger suppliers of networking hardware, but like Rodney Dangerfield, it often gets no respect. It often flies under the radar, and it doesn't have the high profile of a Nortel or 3Com.

Yet the company often delivers...

Pros: -very easy to install
Cons: -short Cat5 cables

So, you've got two or more perfectly good PCs lying around your house. One of them, probably the "family" computer, has got the printer, the cable-modem connection, and all those games you downloaded off the Internet. Meanwhile, your other...

Pros: None
Cons: Lousy Software

One of the reasons that I purchased this product was it ease of installing and setting up the network based on reviews of the system including one by Danny W. Lam of Games Net. Installing the hardware was a snap and everything seemed to go all right...

Pros: Easy
Cons: A little Pricey

I obtained this product as a gift from my mom so that she and I could surf at the same time while I was at her house. As a Network Administrator in college and was weary of a home network kit. But it was so easy to use that mom did most of the work and...

Pros: Easy Hardware, Software Installation
Cons: Slightly Noisy Hub, Need Better Internet Sharing Software

I would say that the DFE-910 10/100 Home Networking Kit is an about
average package. In the package, you get two 10/100 Network Interface
Cards (NICs), two 25' UTP-Category 5 Cables, 5-port hub, power
supply, manuals, NIC drivers,...