Re: OT: PCI Ethernet or USB 2.0 ethernet?

2017-04-02 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Sat, 1 Apr 2017, Peter Corlett wrote: Both USB 2.0 and PCI are orders of magnitude faster than real-world wifi. Even ISA will give wifi a run for its money. I recommend you not bother with wifi if you care about network performance. No, USB 2.0 is way too slow for 802.11ac that outperforms

Re: OT: PCI Ethernet or USB 2.0 ethernet?

2017-04-01 Thread Peter Corlett via cctalk
On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 12:44:28PM -0700, W2HX via cctalk wrote: [...] > The question is, whether you think I would be better off using PCI wifi card > or a USB-wifi adapter. I should mention the USB on this instrument is USB > 2.0, the spec for which claims up to 480 Mbps. Anyone have an opinion w

OT: PCI Ethernet or USB 2.0 ethernet?

2017-03-31 Thread W2HX via cctalk
Friends, I have an instrument that has an intel motherboard with 400 MHz FSB PCI (not PCI-e). It has a 100 mbps Ethernet card and it would be very useful to get faster networking. The chassis of this instrument is such that I cannot fit a traditional PCI 1GB Ethernet card (I've tried). So I wil