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Ethernet Card! less hassles

Ethernet

Ethernet......less hassles and the USB drivers suck.

There several threads on this which you can search. You can also read this to see what some people are using.

Technically the max via USB is 12Mbs. Whatever card you purchase is probably a 10/100 capable of either max speed 10 or 100 depending on your network(ethernet,gigabit ethernet,etc..)Bottom line is speed wise it does not matter,however if you want reliability and don't want to have to reinstall USB every two weeks because it craps out then go with the card.

I just want to say about the usb connection. I use the usb and I've had cable for over a year and had no problems with it at all. But percentages say that ethernet card is probably the way to go if you can.

I went from a USB to a cheap nic to a better nic.
Nic's are faster if you get a good quality one.

go with the nic... unless you cant afford one. if you cant, let me know and i can hook u up. all u do is pay s/h..

Originally posted by therealcableguy
Technically the max via USB is 12Mbs. Whatever card you purchase is probably a 10/100 capable of either max speed 10 or 100 depending on your network(ethernet,gigabit ethernet,etc..)Bottom line is speed wise it does not matter,however if you want reliability and don't want to have to reinstall USB every two weeks because it craps out then go with the card.

Although the USB specs are 12mbps, I havent seen a USB go faster than like 5mbps. Also, we have done tests before, and when you get 8mbps on a NIC, if you switch to USB, it is slower.

USB also uses some system resources.