cable modem

[jellyfish420 10+ year member]

is there any speed difference, or otherwise between using the ethernet cable or the usb cable, from the modem to the computer???

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[Moe Lester 10+ year member]

no, both will exceed your cables max speed.

 

[jellyfish420 10+ year member]

no, both will exceed your cables max speed.

thanks moe! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/thumbsup.gif.3287b36ca96645a13a43aff531f37f02.gif

 

[nikosbuddy 5,000+ posts]

Now that i got your modem workin on enet for ya....is it any better?

 

[nikosbuddy 5,000+ posts]

no, both will exceed your cables max speed.

Not to flame, but i work for Charter tech support. Ethernet blows usb away //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif, enet maxes 100mbs //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/scared.gif.f134e57c6c93ccd0f15aa5ac32c7d4a0.gif , usb usually maxes around 12mbs //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/thumbsdown.gif.d22f25895e9b40f2300c953691dacfa2.gif

if anyones got questions why something aint workin or needshelp settin it up postor hit me up.

Mike

 

[swimfreak26 10+ year member]

usb usually maxes around 12mbs

And that exceeds the downstream of a cable connection which is usually 3Mbps, or "ideally" 10Mbps although it's capped below that.

Doesn't matter which connection you use unless you've got a gigabit connection in which case you need a 1000base-t ethernet card and upgraded cable such as cat7 (this will never happen with cable...more along the lines of T3 and higher).

 

[nikosbuddy 5,000+ posts]

true true...

sadly enough i cant uncap my modem...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif sb5100....

 

[monte_carlo97 10+ year member]

ethernet is usually easier to get working that usb also. Just my experiences with it.

 

[Black_Jesus 10+ year member]

ethernet is gonna be faster than usb, if u have xp, id assume ur on a newer computer unless u upgraded to xp, u already have a NIC on ur motherboard, stuff a dam ethernet cable in there and enjoy high speed por.. subwoofer porn //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[themainjam 10+ year member]

not to mention USB take alot more of your computers resources than a ethernet....

 

[Black_Jesus 10+ year member]

not to mention USB take alot more of your computers resources than a ethernet....

ditto to that
then again these days, if your computer cant handle 6 or so usb devices connected at once... your computer *****... really.... really bad //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[themainjam 10+ year member]

i was thinking mostly abotu online games when your running a game and trying to keep your ping down //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

if you want to play games on the net definately go with ethernet. if not then usb should be ok

 

[swimfreak26 10+ year member]

Again...both work fine, pick your favorite looking one. You will not notice a difference between the two, I promise...unless of course you're still running 128Mb of RAM which nobody in their right mind should be.

 

[themainjam 10+ year member]

Again...both work fine, pick your favorite looking one. You will not notice a difference between the two, I promise...unless of course you're still running 128Mb of RAM which nobody in their right mind should be.

i have 512MB 128MB vid card and when i played online games the game/connection was unstable in usb. when i switched to ethernet it was smooth as a babies butt.

now surfing the net i had no problem with either. like i stated above.

 

[LuNaTiC 10+ year member]

Again...both work fine, pick your favorite looking one. You will not notice a difference between the two, I promise...unless of course you're still running 128Mb of RAM which nobody in their right mind should be.

256 here. lol

not trying to hijack this thread but does ne 1 know of ne good trustworthy sites for buying ram for a laptop. a dell if it matters.

 

[slack 10+ year member]

And that exceeds the downstream of a cable connection which is usually 3Mbps, or "ideally" 10Mbps although it's capped below that.
Doesn't matter which connection you use unless you've got a gigabit connection in which case you need a 1000base-t ethernet card and upgraded cable such as cat7 (this will never happen with cable...more along the lines of T3 and higher).

i beleive u mean Cat5e cable. Cat5e cable can handle a 1000base-t network. U could use cat6. cat6 isnt very common yet and Cat7 is still experimental.

 

[swimfreak26 10+ year member]

Nope, I meant cat7...I'd use cat6 as well, but never cat5e. I don't like the idea of running an extremely high speed network on inferior cable, to each his own though....you can't run it on regular cat5, we agree on that point.

 

[Moe Lester 10+ year member]

Most cable companies put a cap on, I dont know of hardly anyone who has higher than a 10 MBit downstream, which is still slower than USB...

 

[swimfreak26 10+ year member]

Most cable companies put a cap on, I dont know of hardly anyone who has higher than a 10 MBit downstream, which is still slower than USB...

Exactly...it's all in your head if you're getting different results with usb, unless your computer is, well, aweful.

 

[slack 10+ year member]

Nope, I meant cat7...I'd use cat6 as well, but never cat5e. I don't like the idea of running an extremely high speed network on inferior cable, to each his own though....you can't run it on regular cat5, we agree on that point.

i dont think u understand. cat7 is still being researched. its not even really being sold. There arent any standards on it

http://www.networkstuff.net/Category_What/Category7.htm

but yeah using a gigabit network i would say cat5e would be slow so cat6 would seem ideal