Where Can I Get A USB NIC?

[BChico]

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

Thanks,

 

[Shooters]

here

 

[John]

here

 

[BChico]

Thanks for quick response as always.

 

[BChico]

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

 

[John]

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

 

[Superwormy]

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

 

[Gunbuster]

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]

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

 

[Dre]

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



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

 

[John]

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



That's up to 12Mbps. 😉