Where Can I Get A USB NIC?

BChico

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I need one for someone who doesent have any open pci slots.

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BChico

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Do you happen to know if there are any other 10/100 usb nic besides the linksys?
 

John

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SMC, D-Link, 3com, etc all offer USB nic's.
 

Superwormy

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Dell sells them... they suck though, drop the whole computer to a halt on network transfers because USB is so crappy :-(
 

Gunbuster

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USB is slooooooow the only reason to get a 10/100 USB NIC is if you need to link to a hub/switch that only supports 100megabit

USB 2.0 will change this, but I have not seen any consumer level 2.0 USB NIC's yet
 

BChico

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Yeah i just saw that the linksys 10/100 will only transfer 12Mbps.
 

Dre

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<< Yeah i just saw that the linksys 10/100 will only transfer 12Mbps. >>



That's all you need if your using wireless router.
 

John

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<< Yeah i just saw that the linksys 10/100 will only transfer 12Mbps. >>



That's up to 12Mbps. ;)