Ethernet or USB

Ethernet for me.

Ethernet here. Using USB for networking is like using a cell phone for photography. Most computers today, come with an ethernet card.

CrashGordon wrote:

Ethernet here. Using USB for networking is like using a cell phone for photography. Most computers today, come with an ethernet card.

I started with USB as my first broadband with AOL only came with USB connection was poor as I had a few other things connecting through the USB ports and it was a pain in the .

Know I use the Ethernet and the whole thing is much much much better.

Ethernet everytime, USB is just rubbish at networking

Ethernet, USB isn't made for fast internet connections as crash said.

Ethernet for TTT

USB. -- Do I have a choice riding an old, toothless camel without a hump?
In other words Dial-up.

Tailhook wrote:

USB. -- Do I have a choice riding an old, toothless camel without a hump?
In other words Dial-up.

Tailhook my heart really bleeds for ya. I know how it feels man. Just asking why haven't you upgraded to the wonderfull land of broadband?

WIFI (Belkin) USB WIFI network card. It isn't bad at all. A little expensive at first. But I can always go back to LAN.

I have a Linksys ethernet router with 4 wired ports and WiFi "g". it cost all of $29.95

Liono wrote:

Tailhook wrote:

USB. -- Do I have a choice riding an old, toothless camel without a hump?
In other words Dial-up.

Tailhook my heart really bleeds for ya. I know how it feels man. Just asking why haven't you upgraded to the wonderfull land of broadband?

Broadband...? What's Broadband?
I've heard that some changes have to be made to the infrastructure in order to provide such services to the public.
Politics is involved. At the moment our politicans are still busy deciding who should get a payrise after the next elections. I refuse to pay for "would-be broadband". I travel, I compare prices and speeds and I'm disgusted

Tailhook wrote:

Liono wrote:

Tailhook wrote:

USB. -- Do I have a choice riding an old, toothless camel without a hump?
In other words Dial-up.

Tailhook my heart really bleeds for ya. I know how it feels man. Just asking why haven't you upgraded to the wonderfull land of broadband?

Broadband...? What's Broadband?
I've heard that some changes have to be made to the infrastructure in order to provide such services to the public.
Politics is involved. At the moment our politicans are still busy deciding who should get a payrise after the next elections. I refuse to pay for "would-be broadband". I travel, I compare prices and speeds and I'm disgusted

Very true Tailhook, I love your political related posts! 😉

Ethernet for me, even on our very slow broadband connection.

jarred_01 wrote:

Very true Tailhook, I love your political related posts! 😉

Ethernet for me, even on our very slow broadband connection.

Sssshh... my posts are never related to politics... don't even know what 'politics' means

Tailhook wrote:

Sssshh... my posts are never related to politics... don't even know what 'politics' means

😂

...and ethernet here 😉

From the responses above I gather that "Ethernet" implies "Networking". Am I correct in my assumption?

Tailhook wrote:

From the responses above I gather that "Ethernet" implies "Networking". Am I correct in my assumption?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet 👍

Thanks Radarman, I got that right.

So now I'm asking myself why should I use a 'Networking Card' unless I am doing 'networking'?

...or am I already 'networking' or being 'networked' without being aware of it?

I'm serious.

by connecting to the internet you are networking. 🙂

I used to use a USB connection for my cable modem but found that my PC used to get upset if the net connection for my cable went down - my PC used to hang and slow down and do all sorts of nasty things.

I switched to the Ethernet connection which is much more stable and designed for the job of passing network traffic, USB is more designed at interfacing with peripherals or data storage devices at slower rates.

This means I've been 'networking' now for years without being aware of it

I've used an external modem for the last few years and would like to continue doing so.
Is it possible then to get a broadband ethernet connection - using an external modem?

Tailhook wrote:

This means I've been 'networking' now for years without being aware of it

I've used an external modem for the last few years and would like to continue doing so.
Is it possible then to get a broadband ethernet connection - using an external modem?

Of course it is.(if i get your question right)

If you don't understand the question, please ask for clarification.

I'll rephrase it: Are external ethernet modems available.
If so, why would I have to install an additional PCI card to connect it?

Tailhook wrote:

If you don't understand the question, please ask for clarification.

I'll rephrase it: Are external ethernet modems available.
If so, why would I have to install an additional PCI card to connect it?

Yes they are avaliable.
If you motherboard gives you an Ethernet port(which if i remember well your MOBOs type,you have Ethernet port)there is no need to use anykind of interface card.

Thanks GM.

These are some of the ports on my mobo:

*Parallel port
*LAN 2 (RJ-45) port
*LAN 1 (RJ-45) port
*IEEE 1394a port
*Optical S/PDIF out port
*Coaxial S/PDIF out port

I haven't listed USB ports or Microphone ports etc.

Which of the above would be my 'Ethernet' port?

Tailhook wrote:

Thanks GM.

These are some of the ports on my mobo:

*Parallel port
*LAN 2 (RJ-45) port
*LAN 1 (RJ-45) port
*IEEE 1394a port
*Optical S/PDIF out port
*Coaxial S/PDIF out port

I haven't listed USB ports or Microphone ports etc.

Which of the above would be my 'Ethernet' port?

The Lan(Local Area Network) ports are your Ethernet ports.RJ-45 is the connectors type(something familiar with this we use for our phone line but a litle bigger and with different wiring.)

Remember that if you have the luck to use a Broadband connection you probably have to install the Ethernet port drivers from your MOBOs drivers CD.

Greekman72 wrote:

Remember that if you have the luck to use and Broadband connection you probably have to install the Ethernet port drivers from your MOBOs drivers CD.

Thanks a lot GM 🍻

Always a pleasure. 😉

While I can't help you too much on the technical side of things Tailhook, what I can tell is that our broadbrand connection runs on an ethernet external modem. 😉

jarred_01 wrote:

While I can't help you too much on the technical side of things Tailhook, what I can tell is that our broadbrand connection runs on an ethernet external modem. 😉

I appreciate that Jarred, that's what had me really confused in the beginning. The ISP I checked out (and the page had been updated), kept talking about a PCI card that had to be added if you wanted ethernet via an external modem.
Little did I know that they had in mind the majority of customers who's PCs are too old to have an inbuilt ethernet port.
Greekman72 was kind enough to take the time to read my post and disperse my confusion. 👍

Well I use the good (and sometimes bad) ethernet connection.

Jared wrote:

Well I use the good (and sometimes bad) ethernet connection.

Why bad dear Jared?You have some bad personal experience?

Well I have SBC Yahoo DSL and its good most of the time. Other times, it can go soooo slow and it won't work and some other things.

Ethernet... 😀 oh,and i wanted to tell you,I just found out that in paris a special www connection company uses fibreglass wire so that the connections are something 10-20 times faster than the fastes adsl! 😳 But because of the costs and fragileness of fibreglass they only work in paris... 🙄

hms_endeavour wrote:

Ethernet... 😀 oh,and i wanted to tell you,I just found out that in paris a special www connection company uses fibreglass wire so that the connections are something 10-20 times faster than the fastes adsl! 😳 But because of the costs and fragileness of fibreglass they only work in paris... 🙄

Optical fiber cable is nothing new. Well, maybe it is new in France, from what you say. It was even used in rural parts of Arizona before I left to return to the civilized world. 😂

oh.it's new for me.