USB or Ethernet for cable modem connection

[cd34]

USB is 480mb/sec
Most Ethernet is 10/100, however, some cards are 10/100/1000. It is rare to see a home machine with gigE capabilities.

However, I would still with the Ethernet model because as Cleo says, when you want to add a router to run multiple machines, that USB model is likely to have issues.

[walrus]

Originally Posted by cd34

USB is 480mb/sec
Most Ethernet is 10/100, however, some cards are 10/100/1000. It is rare to see a home machine with gigE capabilities.

However, I would still with the Ethernet model because as Cleo says, when you want to add a router to run multiple machines, that USB model is likely to have issues.

On a good day cable modem is about 30mb/s so there is plenty of headroom even at 10/100.