The installation of the card is easy. This one needs a driver CD for Windows, I find not too bad. In some ways, it's even better if the manufacturer provides its own drivers available, as this ensures optimum compatibility and functionality, more than the MS Generic driver. The access is faster than my base Gigabit port on the motherboard. I've noticed when copying large files on my network drive. Important for me was the fact that the card is recognized in the boot CD of Acronis.