Hi Winston,

 Question for you, have you any experience with USB Ethernet adapters? I'm
thinking about
getting one for a friends computer so he can get his cable modem setup.
Looking at a 3Com model.

Tim Kelsey

----- Original Message -----
From: "Winston Pike" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 8:51 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Cable modem and network


> I install Cable Modems so I can anser this one. Most Cable modems right
now
> only work at 10Mps. I think 3com has a model that works at 100Mps. Getting
a
> PCI card will increase throughput in and out of the computer since it's
> 32-bit versus 16-bit ISA.
> We use 10Mps hubs without the auto sensing (and a 10/100Mps cost a lot
more)
>
> Winston
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Changhsu P. Liu <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 4:14 PM
> Subject: [PCBUILD] Cable modem and network
>
>
> > Greetings,
> > I have a cable modem connection recently, and I use a barebone hub
> (5-port,
> > $30) to connect between a PC and a Mac. Ethernet cards on both machine
are
> > just 10-baseT (not 10/100mb cards). When copying files between 2
machines,
> > it can only copy files at around 550k/sec.
> >
> > Is it a little too slow for my setup? I heard from my colleage that his
> > file transfer speed between 2 PCs is over 1MB/sec.
> >
> > Does the quality of hub affect speed?
> >
> > Since my cable modem connection is also connected thru the hub, will a
> > better hub increase my connection speed?
> >
> > For cable modem connection, should I go for 10/100mb ethernet cards? or
> > 10-baseT has big enough bandwidth for cable??
> >
> > I read in another thread that PCI cards dramatically increases data
> > transfer speeds and performance. Does anyone has a number to support
this.
> > I also read it somewhere that ISA cards would use more system resource
> than
> > PCI. So, maybe I should buy a cheap PCI card for my PCs!? What
> > manufacturers do you guys recommend?
> >
> > Thanks for the information,
> >
> >
> >
> > Changhsu Liu
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
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