Cable modem, USB versus network connection?

My daughter recently got 750K broadband from NTL cable. The engineer who
installed it told her that if she installed an NIC she would have a
better/faster connection but didn't explain why that was so. Why would it
be better using an NIC rather than USB? BTW I have a 512K connection via
Wanadoo and USB modem and it appears to be much faster than her 750K
connection, is it just because Wanadoo is a better ISP then NTL?


--

Kenny

An ethernet connection will use less CPU
An ethernet connection will ensure that you won't be caught without drivers
for the modem
An ethernet connection means one less layer of drivers

Whenever you have a choice between ethernet connection and USB, it's a no
braner to choose the ethernet connection.

The *only* acceptable reason to use USB is if you have no way of
using/adding an ethernet connection to your computer or if the modem only
has a USB connection (if that's the case, you really should get a new modem
that gives you a choice)

--
Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP

Find out about the MS MVP Program -
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx

"Kenny" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:ch7dot$tj6$(E-Mail Removed)...
> My daughter recently got 750K broadband from NTL cable. The engineer who
> installed it told her that if she installed an NIC she would have a
> better/faster connection but didn't explain why that was so. Why would it
> be better using an NIC rather than USB? BTW I have a 512K connection via
> Wanadoo and USB modem and it appears to be much faster than her 750K
> connection, is it just because Wanadoo is a better ISP then NTL?
>
>
> --
>
> Kenny
>
>
>

Thanks for the reply, if I install an NIC will the NTL setup have to be run
again or will it work straight away? Initial setup asked whether connection
was via USB or NIC.

--

Kenny


"Jason Tsang" <jason-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> An ethernet connection will use less CPU
> An ethernet connection will ensure that you won't be caught without
drivers
> for the modem
> An ethernet connection means one less layer of drivers
>
> Whenever you have a choice between ethernet connection and USB, it's a no
> braner to choose the ethernet connection.
>
> The *only* acceptable reason to use USB is if you have no way of
> using/adding an ethernet connection to your computer or if the modem only
> has a USB connection (if that's the case, you really should get a new
modem
> that gives you a choice)
>
> --
> Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP
>
> Find out about the MS MVP Program -
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx
>
> "Kenny" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:ch7dot$tj6$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > My daughter recently got 750K broadband from NTL cable. The engineer
who
> > installed it told her that if she installed an NIC she would have a
> > better/faster connection but didn't explain why that was so. Why would
it
> > be better using an NIC rather than USB? BTW I have a 512K connection
via
> > Wanadoo and USB modem and it appears to be much faster than her 750K
> > connection, is it just because Wanadoo is a better ISP then NTL?
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Kenny
> >
> >
> >
>
>

No software should be necessary (assuming NTL uses DHCP) once you have your
NIC installed.

--
Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP

Find out about the MS MVP Program -
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx

"Kenny" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:ch7t6m$8rp$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks for the reply, if I install an NIC will the NTL setup have to be
> run
> again or will it work straight away? Initial setup asked whether
> connection
> was via USB or NIC.
>
> --
>
> Kenny
>
>
> "Jason Tsang" <jason-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> An ethernet connection will use less CPU
>> An ethernet connection will ensure that you won't be caught without
> drivers
>> for the modem
>> An ethernet connection means one less layer of drivers
>>
>> Whenever you have a choice between ethernet connection and USB, it's a no
>> braner to choose the ethernet connection.
>>
>> The *only* acceptable reason to use USB is if you have no way of
>> using/adding an ethernet connection to your computer or if the modem only
>> has a USB connection (if that's the case, you really should get a new
> modem
>> that gives you a choice)
>>
>> --
>> Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP
>>
>> Find out about the MS MVP Program -
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx
>>
>> "Kenny" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:ch7dot$tj6$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > My daughter recently got 750K broadband from NTL cable. The engineer
> who
>> > installed it told her that if she installed an NIC she would have a
>> > better/faster connection but didn't explain why that was so. Why would
> it
>> > be better using an NIC rather than USB? BTW I have a 512K connection
> via
>> > Wanadoo and USB modem and it appears to be much faster than her 750K
>> > connection, is it just because Wanadoo is a better ISP then NTL?
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > Kenny
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>