SSN Software » linksys http://www.ssnsoftware.com Computer Software and Hardware Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:18:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Is anyone using one of those USB to Ethernet adapters? [linksys] [notebook] http://www.ssnsoftware.com/is-anyone-using-one-of-those-usb-to-ethernet-adapters-linksys-notebook/ http://www.ssnsoftware.com/is-anyone-using-one-of-those-usb-to-ethernet-adapters-linksys-notebook/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:03:29 +0000 admin http://www.ssnsoftware.com/is-anyone-using-one-of-those-usb-to-ethernet-adapters-linksys-notebook/ Q: I have a that I have. Ive seen these adapters from and Microsoft, but I was wondering how was the performance. VAT, some of them say Ehternet speeds up to 100Mbps . thats funny . USB supports only 12Mbps.
Re:I picked one up years ago at a clearance sale, its only 10 meg but it has saved me in a few occasions.
Re:Here in Argentina US Dollars are expensive, so I'm trying to get the best quality I can for around $30, no more. USB-to-Ethernet seems a good choice.
One question tho, if I connect the adaptor to a 100Mbps switch, the connection icon will display 100 but only transfer at 10?
Re:The vast majority of home networks are Either 10Mbits/s or 100Mbits/s.
I own a couple of USB NICs both of which support 100Mbits/s connections. It simply means that my switch doesnt have to run in mixed mode. The maximum throughput is around 10Mbits/s but it's easier on my infrastructure.

Where I live, PCMCIA adaptors are cheaper than USB ones. I don't think you'll have problems with either type though.

Re:Well, actually I could get a PCMCIA, but I spent a lot of money recently re-building my home network and I wanted something on the cheap side.
I would probably go for the one from , altough the SMC model doesn't look too bad either.
Checking Amazon, I saw that all of them are below $30, so I'm a bit undecided. The Microsoft unit looks nice, but the website says "Windows 2000 support is limited"… I don't know what that means.
Re:These adaptors are very useful to connect computers to an existing Network without a need to open the computer.

They are cheap and easy to use, Example for such an adaptor:

Example: EZ CONNECT COMPACT USB 10/100 CONVERTER. (http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10315385&hdwt=30701&loc=101)

They work at a little less then 10Mb/sec.

Networking is currently the ?Last Frontier? of home computing and thus unknown to many computer users. As a result it suffers from many ?Marketing Ploys? that are on the border of ?misleading? the consumers.

When I asked about the 100Mb/sec claim, I was told that they mean it can be connected to 100 Mb/sec. systems, not that it work at 100Mb/sec.

To the best of my knowledge USB 2.0 Ethernet Adaptors are currently not available.

Re:I use them at work for my laptop users. They are fine, especially if you are using it for internet mainly. You are correct tho, they are not tru 100 mbps.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
I need one for a I have. I've seen adapters like this from and Microsoft, but I was wondering how was the performance. BTW, some of them say Ehternet speeds up to 100Mbps… that's funny… USB only supports 12Mbps.
Are they USB 2.0 maybe? Anyway, why not just buy an ethernet pc card instead? Then you really would get 100Mbps, wouldn't you? (I've always bought machines with built-in ethernet, so I've never had to worry about such things.)

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]]> http://www.ssnsoftware.com/is-anyone-using-one-of-those-usb-to-ethernet-adapters-linksys-notebook/feed/ 0 Trying to get internet and file sharing to work . [two computers] [linksys] http://www.ssnsoftware.com/trying-to-get-internet-and-file-sharing-to-work-two-computers-linksys/ http://www.ssnsoftware.com/trying-to-get-internet-and-file-sharing-to-work-two-computers-linksys/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:43:37 +0000 admin http://www.ssnsoftware.com/trying-to-get-internet-and-file-sharing-to-work-two-computers-linksys/
Now, I have a Linksys router (wired) that I wanted to connect two computers to use file sharing between the two. I got them both connected and within minutes Im good to go. But how is my internet stopped working because it tries to use the Web to the address provided by the wired connection and not my wireless. Make Sense?

How can I fix this? Is there anywa]]> Q: Okay, this is what I want to do. I have wireless internet in my house and I connect to both my laptop and desktop.

Now, I have a router (wired) that I wanted to connect to use file sharing between the two. I got them both connected and within minutes Im good to go. But how is my internet stopped working because it tries to use the Web to the address provided by the wired connection and not my wireless. Make Sense?

How can I fix this? Is there anyway I can say: use wireless internet connection, using wired connection for inner-city network.

Thanks

Re:Option 1. Unbind the Wired NICs form TCP/IP and leave them bound to NetBEUI only.

Option 2. Use TCP/IP too but make sure that the Wired NICs and the second Router are forming a separate Network (use a different subnet than the Wireless).

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Re:I did before.
I have a wireless router in my home. I want to connect to the internet through that.
I also have a wired router in my room. I wanted to connect my to that and use file sharing. Now, what happens is when I enable the wire connection on both my computers, it stops using the wireless for internet. Does it make sense now?
Re:Router? Other Router???

NetBEUI can not pass Routers.

May be you should describe the exact toplogy of your Network?

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Re:I got the netbeui setup and all, but everytime I have TCP/IP enabled with it, the internet stops using the wireless and tries to use the wired network. I think I understand how it's supposed to work but it's not doing it. It's getting frustrating.
Re:I have wireless internet at my house. I'm trying to use that AND use my other router for file sharing between the .
Re:I wonder were you get the Wireless from?

Under regular setting that should not be a problem.

http://www.ezlan.net/netbeui.html

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Re:How do I use the netbui to get it to work? And can I actually bind those adapters with WinXP? If so, how?
Re:The simplest way would be to bind TCP/IP as the only protocol on the wireless adapters, and NetBEUI as the only protocol on the wired adapters. Enable File and Printer sharing on the wired adapters and disable it on the wireless adapters

This will force Windows to use the wireless network for anything that requires the use of TCP/IP, such as web browsing, and will still allow the computers to talk to each other using NetBEUI over the wired connection.

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