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Teriwyn
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Re: Toshiba Cable Modem

USB is not a dedicated piece of networking hardware. It can also put more stress on your processor, making the computer handle work that the NIC normally does.

USB 2 can support 12MB/s of data transfer. That's shared between all USB devices on the controller... your digital camera... scanner... joystick or gamepad... You don't want your connection to burp just because you've loaded up a webcam, do ya? It would kind of defeat the point of a webcamp...

If you have the option, I strongly suggest NIC over USB, for the reasons I mentioned.

BTW: If you are connected via DHCP and don't have a static address... You will ALWAYS get a different IP address when using different hardware. NIC is different hardware from USB.
permalink · 2003-02-22 22:42:16 · Print · Reply to this
Spensergig
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Re: Toshiba Cable Modem

Good explanation.
You hit all the points I could think of.
permalink · 2003-02-23 07:14:23 · Reply to this

odog
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said by Teriwyn See Profile:
USB 2 can support 12MB/s of data transfer. That's shared between all USB devices on the controller... your digital camera... scanner... joystick or gamepad... You don't want your connection to burp just because you've loaded up a webcam, do ya? It would kind of defeat the point of a webcamp...
USB 2 is 480Mbps, usb 1.0 and 1.1 are 12Mbps. regardless of that, your points are correct and i agree with all of them.
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disclaimer: my opinions are my own, my employer is not responsible.
permalink · 2003-02-23 21:32:46 · Print · Reply to this
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