Any 100mbps USB2.0 NICs available?

[CZroe]

I love my thumb-sized Linksys 10/100mbps USB NIC because it comes in so handy when working on other people's computers (Avoids me having to add a NIC to get them online from where ever I'm working on them), but it's not really good for much else. It's limited to USB1.1's bandwidth of only 12mbps. They can only claim 10/100 support because it will work in 100mbps mode and it has a small 256k buffer that's able to burst at 100mbps speeds. USB2.0 is PERFECTLY capable of 100mbps (NOT 100MBps), so why don't they make one? I can understand why the added complexity of a USB2.0 product may make it difficult to make a super-small "thumb-sized" one, but they don't even have a normal sized one. Who makes these and if no one does yet, why not?

Thnx!

 

[Utterman]

I haven't seen any of those adapters with ubs 2.0. my guess is that they should be coming out soon, becuase there are more devices coming out with USB2

 

[corkyg]

Technically you can't have a USB "NIC." NIC is an acronym for Network Interface Card. What you have is a LinkSys USB Network Adapter the correct acronym for which would be "NA."

Anyway - all trivial pursuit aside , check out this site. You are not alone in your query

USB 2 NA

On the otherhand, you can, today, connect with a Firewire network and be almost as fast as USB and better supported in XP.

1394 Net

 

[CZroe]

Don't you think I know that?! :|


Yeah, I/O form factor aside, it seems odd that D-Link doesn't make this yet... Considering how much they emphasize USB2.0 products AND networking products you'd think they would have combine the two already...
edit: Holy crap it looks like they did!. It doesn't look as good as MINE but who cares? /edit

About firewire, that a network all its own. I can't connect a firewire network to my cable modem easily! I'd have to connect a NIC and a Firewire card to one PC that's connected to it. It may be fast but the network it needs to connect to isn't even that fast... When someone makes a 100mbps FastEthernet Firewire Adapter it will be a different story