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Old 07-18-2012, 06:24 PM   #1
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Network card

Grandfathers internal network card is dying. Idk if i should get a PCMCIA card or a usb one
PCMCIA- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833156140

USB- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833704045

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Old 07-18-2012, 07:33 PM   #2
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What type of NIC is it? How do you know it is dying?
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Old 07-19-2012, 04:48 PM   #3
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Grandfathers internal network card is dying. Idk if i should get a PCMCIA card or a usb one
PCMCIA- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833156140

USB- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833704045

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USB...much easier to manage if your unit is decent.
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not decent lmfao about 5 yr old low to mid end vista laptop. ended up with usb so far so good. it works but i wanna see if i can optimize stuff
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Ethernet 100 Mbit/s duplex should yield like 16 Mb/sec throughput idealy.

USB 1.1 is about 1 to 12 Mbit/s, which is very **slow.

USB 2.0 is about 480 Mbit/s, about 35 Mb/sec **at max.

USB 3.0 is about 5 Gbit/s, about 625Mb/sec **at max.

The trouble is, USB signal is very poor, but speed reduces a lot from simple things like a cell phone, or sneezing, or made in china. Maximum USB cable distance for SHIELDED cable is 5 meters, where Ethernet CAT 5/5e/6 UTP (UNSHIELDED) is about 100 meters. Ethernet SHIELDED is about 300 meters...

So really, you might be OK with USB 3.0 if you have that option.
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not decent lmfao about 5 yr old low to mid end vista laptop. ended up with usb so far so good. it works but i wanna see if i can optimize stuff
The wifi unit needs to be decent

A nice way to get decent performance is to use a powered DC hub if you know you will be at a desk for a while. USB can get pretty chattery with other devices on the same port.
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