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] > > Visit our website regularly for FAQs, > articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more > http://nospin.com - http://nospin.org > The PCBUILD web site always needs good submissions. If you would like to contribute to the website, send any hardware tech tips or hardware reviews to: [log in to unmask]