[geeks] Cheap multiport PCI 10/100 ethernet cards?

Lionel Peterson lionel4287 at verizon.net
Mon Aug 2 09:14:33 CDT 2004


> From: Dan Duncan <dand at pcisys.net>
> Date: 2004/08/02 Mon AM 06:09:36 GMT
> To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
> Subject: Re: Re: [geeks] Cheap multiport PCI 10/100 ethernet cards?
> 
> On Sun, 1 Aug 2004, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> > > How about using USB?  They're cheap and don't take up any slots.
> >
> > USB is not *great* for that kind of application, since all devices share
> > one controller -
> 
> Two buses are pretty much standard now.

That's why I didn't say non-functional, or even "bad," just not *great*...



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