Usb or ethernet

[majones]

on my previous computer I acheived better speed using a usb connection for my router than I did using ethernet . Which is better ?

 

[montyuk]

is this when you used speedtest to measure the internet speed of the connection?
or do you just mean the connection speed between your machine and the router?

the internet speed would most likely be unaffected by your method of connection to the router, and if your connection speed to the router is greater than your connection speed to the internet then that doesnt really matter either.

what i would say is if you are transfering files between multiple machines on your home network then in that case the faster speed is preferable but would require both machines to be connected via usb for those benefits to be useful.