PCI or USB

I had a bad experience with a 56K USB modem, it seemed to suck CPU cycles
and slow my whole PC down.

I guess ADSL USB modems don't do this, or a lot of people would be
complaining?

Are PCI modems generally better?

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:35, "Mark W" <s@o> wrote:

>I guess ADSL USB modems don't do this, or a lot of people would be
>complaining?

some people are happy with them, some (inc me) have had problems in
the past.

>Are PCI modems generally better?

They're in a similar price bracket and the one I've set up works fine.
The bulk of people I know use routers - I'd recommend a router anytime!

if you're on broadband use an ethernet based modem and buy a network card


"Mark W" <s@o> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I had a bad experience with a 56K USB modem, it seemed to suck CPU cycles
> and slow my whole PC down.
>
> I guess ADSL USB modems don't do this, or a lot of people would be
> complaining?
>
> Are PCI modems generally better?
>
>

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:35:26 -0000, "Mark W" <s@o> wrote:

>I had a bad experience with a 56K USB modem, it seemed to suck CPU cycles
>and slow my whole PC down.
>
>I guess ADSL USB modems don't do this, or a lot of people would be
>complaining?
>
>Are PCI modems generally better?
>
Anything's better than USB. Unless you're sure you will only ever want
to connect on computer, get a modem/router.

--
Niall

- And on Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:35:26 -0000, it was spake thus <(E-Mail Removed)> said in message "Mark W" <s@o>:

> I had a bad experience with a 56K USB modem, it seemed to suck CPU cycles
> and slow my whole PC down.
>
> I guess ADSL USB modems don't do this, or a lot of people would be
> complaining?
>
> Are PCI modems generally better?
>

I've had a PCI for ages, Connexant, 20 quid from a PC fair... Excellent, no
complaints at all...

A friend's gone the Wireless router route & there would appear to be not
difference in speed as far as we can tell....

Each to their own I always say...
--
Nick in Northallerton
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http://www.whelan.me.uk

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:35:26 -0000, "Mark W" <s@o> wrote:

>I had a bad experience with a 56K USB modem, it seemed to suck CPU cycles
>and slow my whole PC down.
>
>I guess ADSL USB modems don't do this, or a lot of people would be
>complaining?
>
>Are PCI modems generally better?
>

I suspect that by now most ADSL customers are using routers.

d

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On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 19:43:26 +0000, Niall <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:35:26 -0000, "Mark W" <s@o> wrote:
>
>>I had a bad experience with a 56K USB modem, it seemed to suck CPU cycles
>>and slow my whole PC down.
>>
>>I guess ADSL USB modems don't do this, or a lot of people would be
>>complaining?
>>
>>Are PCI modems generally better?
>>
>Anything's better than USB. Unless you're sure you will only ever want
>to connect on computer, get a modem/router.

A pci card combined with a linux box makes a great router - far more
powerful and flexible than any of the circa 100 quid adsl routers you
can buy, which in my experience have somewhat dodgy software, and poor
logging of errors.
--
Dan Ros, Nildram.

The views expressed in this message may
not be that of Nildram Ltd unless indicated.

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:00:33 +0000, Don Pearce <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>
>I suspect that by now most ADSL customers are using routers.
>
>d
>



That wasn't the question though was it?

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:35:26 -0000, "Mark W" <s@o> wrote:

>I had a bad experience with a 56K USB modem, it seemed to suck CPU cycles
>and slow my whole PC down.
>
>I guess ADSL USB modems don't do this, or a lot of people would be
>complaining?
>
>Are PCI modems generally better?
>


IME yes, PCI modems are generally much better than USB ones.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Dan wrote:
> A pci card combined with a linux box makes a great router - far more
> powerful and flexible than any of the circa 100 quid adsl routers you
> can buy, which in my experience have somewhat dodgy software, and poor
> logging of errors.
>
Probably consumes a bit more than 5 Watts though, which is an important
consideration for something that will need to be switched on constantly.

You also need to know how to set it up of course.

Rod.