I Have mine cabled to a Linksys Cable/DSL Router (connecting at 100mbs)
along with a second PC (also connected at 100Base-T) and two printers and it
works flawlessly.

Yes the Intel software tells you it's capable of higher speed, it can go to
1000mbs .


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The easy part is what color wire goes to what pin.

1. White with Orange stripe
2. Orange with White stripe.
3. White with Green stripe.
4. Blue with White stripe
5. White with Blue stripe
6. Green with White stripe
7. White with Brown stripe
8. Brown with White strip.
Thanks for the info, it's always good to double-check yourself, but
that's exactly how I make my cables.

1. White/Orange
2. Orange
3. White/Green
4. Blue
5. White/Blue
6. Green
7. White/Brown
8. Brown

The easiest way to quickly doublecheck yourself before you crimp the
connector, is to verify that the wires (from 1 to 8) are stripe, solid,
stripe, solid, etc.
I'll have to keep that in mind for next time.

The trickier part (for higher speed operation) is how far back you
untwist
the pairs in order to feed them into the connector.

At 10Base-T speeds, it's not very picky. At higher speeds you want to
majke
sure you only untwist the pairs JUST far enough to be able to feed the
individual wires into the connector.
That's funny, because my friends complain that I take too long to make
my cables, because I'm making them just like you described. Most
people let it all hang out and just put a boot on it - I personally
don't like that. Now you've justified my slowness in making cables!
:-)

Another weird thing I just noticed, and this is kind of a slap in the
face, is the Intel PROset software has this message: This adapter is
capable of connecting at a higher speed. I have a feeling Intel
created this NIC with 1000 only in mind. I have no way of checking
the impedience on the lines, but I have check all of them for
continuity.

Is anyone out there running this same exact board on a 100mbps network
successfully?