No, the ENC28J60 apears to require advanced programming and knowledge skills which might be an issue.
-- I'll second that as I am a newbie. I have both the enc28j60 and the W5100 and I feel the w5100 has a better standard library as well as easier to understand examples. I came across half a dozen different libraries for the enc28j60; some worked better then others. Also, the the soldering on my enc28j60 was just plain shoddy. After a week of fussing with an unresponsive board, I realized the smd resistors were improperly soldered. Obviously no one checked it after the manufacturing process. The w5100 fired up on the first go around with no problem. I think the specs are a little better for the W5100 too. I bought both because I was looking for a challenge, and it sure was.