USB Networking
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EdgeBlade
Brandonn
I'd imagin you'd have to have a USB NIC, but I didn't even know there was such a thing. If you just needed a USB port wouldn't you need software to do the part of the NIC card?
Then again, USB scanners don't need a PCI card like the older ones do...
lol, that wan't much help, sorry.
Then again, USB scanners don't need a PCI card like the older ones do...
lol, that wan't much help, sorry.
EddyB43
British Old Gamer
USB networking cables have a NIC at each end of the cable, that's why they can be fairly expensive vs. normal ethernet. USB1.0 peaks at 12Mbps, against the usual 10/100Mbps a normal PCI NIC can do.
I don't know if there are separate "USB NICs", but if there are they are probably just really short cables with a connector for a standard USB cable to connect into.
I'd personally prefer PCI NIC based broadband over USB, since it means I don't have to use USB at all (USB can be pretty messy on Athlon's unfortunately) and it makes it easier for sharing the connection with routing software, or even a physical router.
Then again, I'm still happy plodding along on my badly capped 56Kbps dialup
I don't know if there are separate "USB NICs", but if there are they are probably just really short cables with a connector for a standard USB cable to connect into.
I'd personally prefer PCI NIC based broadband over USB, since it means I don't have to use USB at all (USB can be pretty messy on Athlon's unfortunately) and it makes it easier for sharing the connection with routing software, or even a physical router.
Then again, I'm still happy plodding along on my badly capped 56Kbps dialup
Tk64
The Other Village Idiot
Eagle: Fine, but consider that few modems have >1 MBit connections to the outside world, why wouldn't 10MBit be enough?
And besides, there wasn't much of a charge, since I previously used the router for the LAN. Just bought the modem and plugged it in, no extra cost.
And how, I ask, would you connect 9 computers on a LAN and give them all the cable internet connection without ICS if the modem is USB? If the modem was USB you would always have to power up one computer, plus the one you work with, and then have ICS...eeeew.
Naaah. 10baseT rules.
And besides, there wasn't much of a charge, since I previously used the router for the LAN. Just bought the modem and plugged it in, no extra cost.
And how, I ask, would you connect 9 computers on a LAN and give them all the cable internet connection without ICS if the modem is USB? If the modem was USB you would always have to power up one computer, plus the one you work with, and then have ICS...eeeew.
Naaah. 10baseT rules.
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First of all, a cable modem can do 10Mbits per second upstream, and mine can do around 45Mbits per second downstream.
Second, just because downloading the file from the internet to the modem is slow, doesn't mean you have to have it travel from the modem to the computer slowly. And, I only have a 10baseT NIC card, not a dual speed.
Third, USB internet gateway routers can have their own power source if you look for the right ones.
Basically, I'm talking about my computer only. I already had everything I needed. It all came with the modem. I'm now on USB and it works slightly faster than my 10baseT NIC card and I don't have to waste an IRQ and PCI slot on the NIC either. There really is no reason why I shouldn't use USB.
Second, just because downloading the file from the internet to the modem is slow, doesn't mean you have to have it travel from the modem to the computer slowly. And, I only have a 10baseT NIC card, not a dual speed.
Third, USB internet gateway routers can have their own power source if you look for the right ones.
Basically, I'm talking about my computer only. I already had everything I needed. It all came with the modem. I'm now on USB and it works slightly faster than my 10baseT NIC card and I don't have to waste an IRQ and PCI slot on the NIC either. There really is no reason why I shouldn't use USB.