dayle Posted September 24, 2002 Share Posted September 24, 2002 hey guys i have a com21 cable modem that works on both usb and lan cards.my lan cad recently got bad and wont work properly anymore..so i connected on usb,instead of getting a new one...since then the speeds are not as good as they used to be..its not my isp cos my friends connection work just fine.. can i fine tune my usb connection to work faster.or do i just need to get a new lan card... btw i have that QOS tweak for xp enabled...but it was enabled even when i used lan please help me out here thanks dayle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted September 24, 2002 Share Posted September 24, 2002 The QoS tweak doesn't do **** since you almost *certainly* do not use any QoS aware software, let alone have any hardware (routers/etc) that are "QoS capable." USB 1.1 operates at ~12Mbps. But you'll never actually see ~12Mbps of bandwidth due to overhead; expect to see something more along the lines of 8-10Mbps when transfering data via TCP/IP. To answer your question, no, you can't really "fine tune" your usb connection. I assure you, that unless you have one *badass* ISP, you're going to be capped well below 8-10Mbps anyways. If you have a homenetwork, however, and want to transfer files between computers, a LAN card is definetly going to be faster. Go buy a nice 10 dollar card if you want to do that. If not, don't bother. You're not going to cap out your USB bandwidth unless you have a slew of other **** on the same line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kairon Posted September 24, 2002 Share Posted September 24, 2002 Originally posted by Vlad The QoS tweak doesn't do **** since you almost *certainly* do not use any QoS aware software, let alone have any hardware (routers/etc) that are "QoS capable." USB 1.1 operates at ~12Mbps. But you'll never actually see ~12Mbps of bandwidth due to overhead; expect to see something more along the lines of 8-10Mbps when transfering data via TCP/IP. To answer your question, no, you can't really "fine tune" your usb connection. I assure you, that unless you have one *badass* ISP, you're going to be capped well below 8-10Mbps anyways. If you have a homenetwork, however, and want to transfer files between computers, a LAN card is definetly going to be faster. Go buy a nice 10 dollar card if you want to do that. If not, don't bother. You're not going to cap out your USB bandwidth unless you have a slew of other **** on the same line. No offense but what's with the *weird* overusage of quotes and asterisks. BTW Get Optimum Online, its what you'd call *Badass* :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zivan56 Posted September 24, 2002 Share Posted September 24, 2002 USB v1.1 is ~12MBPS, get a USB 2.0 card, it will increase your bandwidth (if the device supports it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thingsforjason Posted September 24, 2002 Share Posted September 24, 2002 *or* 5-10 bucks gets you a new NIC :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted September 24, 2002 Share Posted September 24, 2002 [Moved To Internet, Network and Security] -xStainDx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayle Posted September 25, 2002 Author Share Posted September 25, 2002 thanks guys i havs a usb 1.1 sorry i forgot to mention and no my device doesnt support usb 2 ..so i guess ill stick with usb 1.1 if it isnt slower than lan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kagaku Posted September 25, 2002 Share Posted September 25, 2002 I'd personally go with an ethernet connection, as it's the most flexable, compared to USB. As far as I know, most, if not all USB modems require 3rd party software, correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayle Posted September 25, 2002 Author Share Posted September 25, 2002 not really ..windows xp detected the modem instantly and there wasnt any problem as it didnt need any other software..only thing that it works slower than ethernet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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