[PLUG] '98 Network Card Too Old?

[Alan]

> I'm rebuilding my Gentoo Linux box (new motherboard, etc) and saw that
> the production date on my network card is 1998. Its a 3Com Cyclone TBase
> 10/100 PCI. My question is will I see a difference if I get something
> newer to replace it?...Or is my typical Comcast (ugh!) connection such
> that a 10 year old NIC won't make any real difference and thus I should
> just save some money and keep what I have for now?
> Thanks for any thoughts on this.

I shouldn't be a problem, unless you want faster speeds for inside your
network.

Currently I am converting the home network to gigabit throughout.  Makes
pulling the mail from the internal mail server much faster.