It's doubtful that a 10Mb/s ethernet card would be a bottleneck in a home-based Internet connection. The fastest DSL/Cable connections are 2Mb/s, and most are far slower. The comon "home" DSL account is 384Kb/s.
>From my experience, most websites seem slow today because of the high parsing and rendering demands they put on the machine running the web browser. Download a large file in order to test your throughput. Designers are generally designing websites which only render "fast" on machines with 600+Mhz these days. Kris Feldmann Thus wrote "Michael J. Granado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 00:31:55 -0800 (PST) > From: "Michael J. Granado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Duo/2400 List) > Subject: [Duo2400] faster web browsing desired--is 100 ethernet card > for 2400c needed? > > laptop is connected to a LAN in my house (4 other > computers hooked up). I'm kind of disappointed > with the web browsing speed. I've used Opera, > iCab, and IE 5.1/5.0. All are slow, or at least > > Would a 10/100 card improve speed? My laptop > config is a non-cardbus, 180 mhz, 80ram, 20gb hd. ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Need help from a real person? Try. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------- Dr. Bott | 10/100 Ethernet for your 2400 is finally here! MPC-100 | <http://www.drbott.com/prod/mpc100.html> RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com> Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com>
