Re: [PLUG] usb 2.0 pci card?

[Forge <forge@dca.net>]

Well, since it's over wireless, the wireless link will be the slowest 
point by a fairly large margin. A 1.1 hub would probably work exactly 
the same, as far as performance goes.

I just figure you can never have too much pizza, while most of my 
machines have USB2 onboard now. :)

Paul wrote:

> How much faster will the USB 2.0 interface be when used over a 
> wireless network?  Actually, I guess it would be better to get a USB 
> 2.0 card than to get a USB 1.1 hub.  Especially with the pizza deal!
>
>
> jon wrote:
>
> > I'm actually moving this drive from my Windows XP-based laptop, which 
> > has
> > one of those external USB 2.0 pc cards that I can plug in, to a more
> > permanent home, connected to my little linux server. The goal is to 
> > make it
> > so I can access it wirelessly from my laptop without having to 
> > physically
> > plug into anything.
> >
> > The linux box in question, an old celeron-based eMachines box of dubious
> > quality, only has a single USB 1.1 based port, which I'm currently 
> > using for
> > my printer.
> >  
> >
> >  
>
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