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More info?)
No software should be necessary (assuming NTL uses DHCP) once you have your
NIC installed.
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"Kenny" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:ch7t6m$8rp$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
> Thanks for the reply, if I install an NIC will the NTL setup have to be
> run
> again or will it work straight away? Initial setup asked whether
> connection
> was via USB or NIC.
>
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>
> Kenny
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> "Jason Tsang" <jason-onlineDEL@ETEmvps.org> wrote in message
> news:e6fOmKQkEHA.2412@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> An ethernet connection will use less CPU
>> An ethernet connection will ensure that you won't be caught without
> drivers
>> for the modem
>> An ethernet connection means one less layer of drivers
>>
>> Whenever you have a choice between ethernet connection and USB, it's a no
>> braner to choose the ethernet connection.
>>
>> The *only* acceptable reason to use USB is if you have no way of
>> using/adding an ethernet connection to your computer or if the modem only
>> has a USB connection (if that's the case, you really should get a new
> modem
>> that gives you a choice)
>>
>> --
>> Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP
>>
>> Find out about the MS MVP Program -
>>
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx
>>
>> "Kenny" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>> news:ch7dot$tj6$1@news8.svr.pol.co.uk...
>> > My daughter recently got 750K broadband from NTL cable. The engineer
> who
>> > installed it told her that if she installed an NIC she would have a
>> > better/faster connection but didn't explain why that was so. Why would
> it
>> > be better using an NIC rather than USB? BTW I have a 512K connection
> via
>> > Wanadoo and USB modem and it appears to be much faster than her 750K
>> > connection, is it just because Wanadoo is a better ISP then NTL?
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > Kenny
>> >
>> >
>> >
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