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2009-09-08 07:01:57
Jenspm
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So the network card in mom's PC died. It's a Dell, so I'm not sure I feel like opening it and swapping it out.


So, is there any disadvantage of getting a USB ethernet adapter vs a PCI one?
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2009-09-08 07:08:02
13urnzz
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depends on what kind of through-put you're looking for.
i've a little usb-ethernet adapter, with the drivers on a thumbdrive, for getting pc's
back on the network. it works fine for me.
2009-09-08 16:33:45
Defiance
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It wastes a USB port. PCI interface cards are cheap and the fact that it's a Dell shouldn't cause you problems in the PCI card department.

Unless it's 10+ years old.
2009-09-08 18:00:45
Brasso
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USB ethernet adapters will usually be able to get a better signal because they often come with a little USB extension cord.  usb actually has an ADVANTAGE over PCI cards.
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2009-09-08 18:09:41
Defiance
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haffeysucks wrote:

USB ethernet adapters will usually be able to get a better signal because they often come with a little USB extension cord.  usb actually has an ADVANTAGE over PCI cards.
I don't understand how that would help. It's unlikely the UTP cable will be shortened in light of this USB extension cord, so by the time it reaches either the USB NIC or PCI NIC it would have suffered the same degradation from distance; which shouldn't be a problem anyways because CAT-5/6 cables can go 100m.
2009-09-09 03:05:32
Cheez
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All network cards I've come across now are all the same Realtek chip which has native support in 2000, XP, Vista, so well, there's installation.

I think haffey's talking about WLAN, in which case a PCI is better as it has a removable antenna from which you can attach anything, like say a 3dBi Yagi or somesuch.
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