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Well that`s it really..
Is there a difference/benefit in connecting by one over the other?
Somebody told me NTL can connect to either a USB port or an ethernet card. Is this true? I`ve got a card and would prefer to use it rather than another USB slot.

Cheers,

Ste

USB takes up more processing power even if your net connection isn`t active, i have ADSL and with my frog plugged in i go down a few hundred 3dmarks (http://www.madonion.com) with an ethernet card you should be better off.

Rob_B,

"my frog plugged in i go down a few hundred 3dmarks" That English??

Cheers mate, only joking! Thanks for the advice.

Ste

I would second that for all most all cases, bar mine.
I have so many IRQs tied up that adding a NIC slows my PC down when the IRQ stearing kicks in. So in my case USB is better, but that is not the norm.

Are you sure they can go straight to an ethernet card? I`d have thought you`d need a cable modem between your PC and the NTL connection. You could then (with the right cable modem) run an ethernet cable from ethernet card to cable modem. Best check with NTL, I`d say.

RichardH,
No I don`t think I can go straight to the card, although I didn`t think you went straight to USB either.
Can you not get modems that basically accept the NTL cable in one end and then output to either USB or NIC (or both would be nice)??

Ste

Not sure if this is relevant but I have ISDN using USB and my mate has ISDN using a card and my pings on Counter Strike are generally about 30 higher than his.

Weird but true!

when i got connected, they supplied the cable modem free.

yeah, the modem is `free`. if you leave them, they take it away again..

What connections does it have?

Ste

I can confirm the cable modem supplied by NTL comes with both USB and ethernet. Ours is connected by ethernet to a hardware router/firewall and then to our home network hub so we can all use it.

Dave