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Originally Posted by mickmc
ok thanks both, I am currently connecting to the cable modem via a usb, is there any advantage in installing and connecting through another network card?
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Depends what you use your main PC for and how much you use your BB connection.
USB networking is CPU heavy, so if you do online gaming you would probably notice a difference with a 'proper' lan card. If you just browse and email there probably wouldn't be much difference.
In general having a dedicated NIC is preferable to using USB, so if you've got a spare PCI slot and £10/15 quid I would go for it. Even better would be a BB router so that you don't have to have the main PC running to access the internet - wouldn't need a second NIC either!