So, I recently signed up for charter high-speed, and when they came to set it all up, the installation guy tells me my NIC is bad. This is unfortunate, because my NIC is integrated into my motherboard, which I purchased like a year ago when I built my machine. Now, I could get a wireless router, (I have a USB wireless card in), or I could just get on eBay and buy a PCI 10/100/1000 card for like $12. But here's my question: Can I cannibalize an old machine for it's 10/100 card, or would this create a severe bottleneck in my internet speed? And if so, is it that much worse than the bottleneck created by, say a N150 router (which I think would top out at 150MB/sec)? Am I really ever going to hit 1000MB/sec? Is it as simple as the lowest MB/sec machine in your chain will be the DL speed you achieve, or is it more complicated? Thanks in advance, OCN.
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) here's my current network setup (in Dutch, but you get the point...) But I'm proud of it, it looks nice 
