Need help in new Router and NIC...

[Sandeepfrompune]

so 2 days ago there was heavy rain & once after big lightening, my monitor went black for once, and then after some time I saw NET is gone... Atheros ethernet onBoard LAN is not getting detected... this has happened to me for first time..

So my router was gone - some old billion router from Tata guys -3 4 yrs ago.

I have ASUS P5Q Pro motherboard - PCIe Gb LAN controller featuring AI NET2 - google for more spec.s - I buyed in oct-nov 2008 - thanks for these forums for helping me in deciding parts and assembling ...

So
1. suggest better ROUTER - I am noob here in this and dont want to hamper inet speed using cheap Router OR cheap NIC...

3. suggest better or equal NIC = equal to my onboard LAN..whatever it was


4. can we repair onboard LAN ? just asking in case....