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Intel Gigabit CT PCI-E Network Adapter EXPI9301CTBLK
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Brand | Intel |
Hardware Interface | Ethernet |
Color | multicolor |
Compatible Devices | Desktop |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 inches |
Data Link Protocol | Gigabit Ethernet |
Data Transfer Rate | 1024 Megabits Per Second |
Item Weight | 0.07 Kilograms |
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Connectivity Technology | ethernet | wire | — | Ethernet |
Item Dimensions | 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 inches | 1 x 1 x 1 inches | 3.33 x 0.81 x 4.73 inches | — |
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Product Dimensions | 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 inches |
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Item Weight | 2.46 ounces |
ASIN | B001CY0P7G |
Item model number | EXPI9301CTBLK |
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Best Sellers Rank | #79 in Internal Computer Networking Cards |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | September 21, 2008 |
Manufacturer | Intel |
Language | English |
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Intel Gigabit CT PCI-E Network Adapter EXPI9301CTBLK
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Some helpful instructions for those that want to upgrade your driver or install a new Ethernet card; With PROSet, you must first remove your current adapter from the PROSet software BEFORE uninstalling PROSet and the current driver. If you don't you may end up with a phantom adapter that causes problems when you try to install a new version of PROSet and an updated driver.
I installed the Gigabit CT card while still running XP. I had a free PCI-Express (x1) slot, which made installing the new card easy. During system startup I entered Setup and disabled the PRO/100 VE NIC and then proceeded with the rest of startup. I then installed a new version of PROSet and a new driver that I downloaded from Intel's web site. I didn't have to reboot after installing the software. The card just worked.
When I upgraded from XP to Windows 7, the OS recognized the Gigabit CT card and installed drivers automatically so I didn't have to worry about downloading and installing a driver after installing the OS. The only thing is that Windows 7 didn't install PROSet, which is optional software anyway so it's not required.
My house is wired with CAT5 instead of CAT5e or CAT6 so I really don't get the benefit of having a Gigabit network adapter. My VPN router is not a Gigabit router. It's only rated at 75Mbps. With my current Comcast service I'm getting about 25Mbps download and 4Mbps upload, which is about the same as I was getting with the PRO/100 VE NIC so having a Gigabit card isn't making any difference for me.
However, the card works flawlessly and I'm very pleased with it. If you're wired with CAT5e or CAT6 and have Gigabit network equipment I would highly recommend the CT Desktop Adapter. It's a great Ethernet card, easy to install, works with Windows 7, and it provides great performance even in a non-Gigabit environment. You can download the latest PROSet and driver from Intel's web site.
After much messing around trying to get it to work found out it won't work with Windows 8.1 anyways.
Hopefully they will be providing an updated driver to fix this since Windows 7 and Windows 8 does work with Intel teaming with Intel® Advanced Network Services (ANS) as long as you download it from Intel website.
Can't do software teaming either because Microsoft only supports teaming via software in Windows 2012.
Otherwise, as standalone card it's automatically detected by every OS I tried and should work great for most as long as you don't plan on using it in a team in Windows 8.1 as I already mentioned.
Will update everyone if they ever update drivers to fully support latest version of Windows.
If you overlook the above problems this card is otherwise great and more powerful than your average non-Intel nic card that probably comes with your motherboard. For example, I was able to easily get an extra 10Mb/s internet speed download from Comcast i.e. 110 to 120 just by increasing the recieve buffer from 256 to 1024 in the advanced options of this card. [...]
I downgrade my rating since it's been 2 years and Intel never updated drivers to support teaming even though they said they would in the driver release notes:" Creating Intel ANS teams and VLANs on Windows® 10 is currently not supported. As a result, when created, teams and VLANs do not pass traffic. We expect that ANS will be supported on Windows 10 client in a future release."
p.s. Card works fine with teaming as long as you're running Windows 2012. I haven't tested windows 7 and windows 8 since I don't use them anymore on my main machine but they should also work fully since they have full driver support also.
Besides the lack of instructions and the lack of a disk for drivers, I was not satisfied with Amazon's delivery process. This has happened to me on numerous occasions before. When tracking the item through Amazon, they didn't give me a clear way to track the item through USPS. They didn't deliver on the date they advertised through tracking. I am seriously considering not using Amazon anymore simply because of delivery, what I call, bungles.
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Fitted it to a spare PCI slot (which was easy even for untechy me, after watching a vid on YouTube) and I haven't had a moment's trouble since. I wish I'd bought one of these years ago. The driver installed automatically, it really was a case of fit and forget. Lovely stuff!!
(My old one was a Broadcom 1gb Ethernet Network Adapter in a Dell Inspiron desktop, in case that's relevant to anyone.)
RECOMMEND!!

So the cheap and easy way to solve this seemed to be a CSL PCIe (PCI-E / PCI Express) Gigabit network card from Amazon, which I ordered for about £5.
I have spent a week messing about with a connection lasting max. 90 mins, verifying Windows power management etc. to the Network Adaptor, trying different drivers, and seemingly exhaustive internet searches, and have got nowhere. If I unplugged my ethernet inside the 90 minute window, it would disappear, too, until a complete Shut Down and restart (not just a restart).
Bought one of these, also from Amazon. Now I can unplug my ethernet connection, configure a router as an access point (fallout from the power surge), plug my ethernet back in to my network, and it WORKS!
If I have any problems, I have the Intel dashboard to go to for help. So fingers crossed!
It's not cheap, but Intel do seem to give value for money in the quality of this product.

I had an external 1Gb Network adaptor fitted on the PCI connector to the motherboard and that didn't improve matters.
I read the blurb on the ASUS motherboard which generally referred to the PCI Express connections as being good for heavy duty gamer graphics, but buried in the text it also mentioned it might be good for Networks.
I bought the card based on very positive reviews with my fingers crossed.
I installed it in minutes and the BIOS instantly recognised it and the system booted up normally while I held my breath hoping no crash would occur.
I then ran several large 100Mb transfers to my Synology NAS server via a Netgear ADSL+ router and couldn't record the upload/ download rate as it was near instant. I then went for a 2Gb file transfer and could find a transfer rate of between 50-80Mb/s..Outstanding.
This is the best and least expensive upgrade I have ever had.
Highly recommended and gets 5 stars...The only downside was that there was no installation CD..or anything other than the plastic packaging of the adapter and a short plate.


So it seems that with high-speed Internet access, e.g. BT Infinity, you'll be needing a card like this. In theory, the onboard NIC or a 100 Mbit card, or even a PCI 100 Mbit card should work. The problem with all of these is that of bus-sharing. When the NIC's bus is shared, actual performance drops. And that's the problem with PCI buses. You will never come close to gaining full speed with a PCI-based NIC. Onboard NICS are usually wired to share PCI buses, so they suffer from the same performance fallout.
This card uses a discrete PCI Express bus. Since it's version of PCI Express is 1.0, it works fine in PCI Express 2.0 and 3.0 slots.