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Originally Posted by handyman
Sorry my post may have come across as a bit sarcastic but I have worked for technical support for ntl which has modems that support usb and ethernet and also for freeserve/wanadoo which has modems that only support usb.
In my opinion based on years of supporting these modems and years of actually usings them the costs involved in using ethernet are negligable compared to the stability and ease that it presents.
On ethernet if you change your computer you can simply unplug the cable modem for a few seconds whilst you pop in the ethernet cable to the new pc. 10 seconds later the modem has sensed the new mac address (of the ethernet card) and assigns your ip to the computer.
Usb on the other hand brings with it:-
modem driver issues
chipset driver issues
power management issues
conflicts
os incompatibilty with drivers
and worst of all you cannot add a router switch or hub to create a network.
So to summerise :
usb = not good
ethernet = very good
ebuyer = many many ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£ÃƒÆ ’‚£ spent no problems
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Handyman I totally agree with you on the usb section. I still get questions at work if a router would work on the users usb modem.
why are isp's so "stingy" in giving a product that will only give people headache ??
Chiptech just follow Handyman's advice and dont bother with usb it'll drive you mad and even installing a NIC card on 98 is pure vanila (99% of the time) also sorry for sounding a bit nasty earlier on with my post bout the link to the new computer, my person and work experience with 98se is like this...its stable and works most of the time but last time I connected my NTL modem via USB I had nothing more then the Blue's of Death continually so I would for sure say if you got an Ethernet Nic on your pc use that instead. also been trying to look for my drivers for the NTL 250 but cant find them. sorry bout that