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Originally Posted by tomprice2k
got telewest installed 512, but when i tried to connect the modem to my PC with the ethernet cable to my 100mb ethernet card it says it hase limited or no connectivity. I know for a fact my Ethernet card is fine.
This means that i'm having to use the USB cable reducing it to 10mb.
Has anyone else had any problems with this. should i get Telewest to replace the Modem?
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For starters, you don't need to worry about loss of speed when using USB instead of ethernet. 100Mb is the maximum speed the enet card can handle, but seeing as Telewest are only giving you 512Kb, your broadband internet is going nowhere near the capacity of the card. Even USB can soak up a lot more than you're getting!
That said, USB uses up system resources because it has to emulate what an ethernet card is already designed to do, so it's better for the perfomance of your PC if you can use ethernet rather than USB.
That sadly is the extent of my knowledge on this subject - there are other members here who can walk you through some tests to perform on your enet card before you take the more drastic measure of trying to get Telewest to swap your modem!