No ethernet connection?

[zeustke165]

I think some how I actually need to buy a network card. The box had a sticker on it that said additional network adapter required. Kinda sad on a $120 board it doesn't even have on board Ethernet. I will be calling abit when they open to be sure, but I think this is the case.

Assuming I need to buy a network card, any suggestions?

What is the purpose of a gigabit card? thats nothing as a home user I can take advantage of, right?

The IC7-G is a next generation motherboard for Intel CPUs. The IC7-G uses Intel's newest 875 chipset to bring the latest in technology to the Intel platform. The IC7-G supports Intel® Pentium 4 800/533MHz CPUs with Hyper-Threading technology for superior performance, and offers full support for Dual Channel DDR. ABIT provides users with 6-channel sound and S/PDIF in/out as a standard feature for enhanced audio performance. With full support for AGP 8X, USB 2.0, IEEE 1394 and onboard Intel PRO/1000 CT Desktop Connection Gigabit LAN, the IC7-G allows users to connect to today's hottest peripherals. Intel PRO/1000 CT Desktop Connection Gigabit LAN on board Lets you easily connect to the world wide web at high speeds without having to buy a separate 10/100/1000 Ethernet card.

and to answer your question about if a home user can benifit from gigabit, well I have two computers networked using gigabit, a dvd transfer from one computer to another over 100Mbit used to take about 10 minutes, now with gigabit, it takes around 4 minutes, so yes you can take advantage, but it all depends on if all your computers use gigabit, and what kind of file you transfer, a mp3 file for example at 4 megs will only save you a second or two...

[orcutt989]

I replaced a crappy ECS mobo with a Abit 1c7-g and now I am wondering if this board has onboard ethernet. It has to right?

So I just got my computer back up and running after I installed a new motherboard. but when I went to plug in the Ethernet cable where it would go on the board was cover with a sticker. So I removed the sticker pluged in my ethernet cable with a live signal from my router and tried to get onto the Internet. No Such luck. I tried to create a network via my router and my other computer, and it tried to set it up using my 1394 device.

When I go to the screen that would normally list all of your connections, I only have one and that is my 1394 connection.

What gives?

A 1394 connection is just a Firewire connection. You wont be able to get any internet through there. Right?

[healimonster]

I miss spoke when I said I owned a IC7-G, I in fact own the manuel to the IC7-G (which stands for gigabyte ethernet), I own the IC7 motherboard (which stands for a mobo that costs 120 dollars and doesn't have ethernet/lan support.

With all that said, I must say that I just got a network card for my IC7 and this computer rocks.

On bench mark 2002 with the same everything, my new mobo scored 200 points higher in the memory catagory prsumable just because of the motherboard.