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Technical Help & Discussion => Self Building, Upgrading & General Hardware Help => Topic started by: Dominic on April 19, 2004, 10:53

Title: USB or Ethenet?
Post by: Dominic on April 19, 2004, 10:53

I've been using usb since i had cable personally, but apperently alot of people say ethernet is better, alot less fluxating .. Anyone with ethernet that use to be usb notice any difference?

Title: Re:USB or Ethenet?
Post by: Dominic on April 19, 2004, 12:37

http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=117631

So far, from what i read .. seems like imma be getting ethernet.

Title: Re:USB or Ethenet?
Post by: princeofdarkness on April 19, 2004, 13:19

well dominic having ethernet frees up an extra usb port..

i do not know if there are any speed differences but i definately prefer etherent

Jonah

Title: Re:USB or Ethenet?
Post by: Sandra on April 19, 2004, 13:20

I agree with what they say on that link Dom.
Ethernet alows a transfer rate of up to 100mbps wheras USB1 tops out at 10mbps although both are obviously more than capable of transferring anything you get over the internet up to a 10 megabit line ( I wonder when that will become as common as 512k for home use is now ;D ).
USB2 is supposed to be as fast as ethernet but even then I would still go with ethernet.
Obviously the deciding factor would probably be whether your pc has either onboard ethernet or an ethernet card fitted, as I am not sure it would be worth buying and fitting a card if it was just to enable you to use the ethernet connectivity of your modem :doggie:

Title: Re:USB or Ethenet?
Post by: Dominic on April 19, 2004, 13:59

I also heard that usb use's alot of cpu usage on lower powered pc's not thats my case, but could this be the reason my internet is so unstable?

Title: Re:USB or Ethenet?
Post by: Sandra on April 19, 2004, 14:58

It uses a little more than an ethernet would but wouldnt have thought it would cause you any problems unless you were running a very old slow pc.
Are you on dial up or BB  ???