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New hub capable of USB, Ethernet and wireless connection...?
...due to the nature of my work I cannot use a wireless connection (it isn't secure enough) so at the moment, my hub is connected to both my USB port and my ethernet port. Question: Is this overkill? Do I need both connections? Do they/will they conflict or is it safe to leave them be?
In my control panel, it says I have one LAN Ethernet NIC connection at 100 Mbps and a second 1394 (LAC) connection at 400 Mbps. I have no idea what this means! Is it normal?
Incidentally, despite the connection speeds, everything feels a bit sluggish when it comes to loading pages (downloads work a treat though!).
Thanks
3 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
You are slowing down your connection by using both. Your fastest speed will be using LAN only, to use a second connection slows the machine down as it has to work out which connection to use before it transfers data. Disconnect the usb, then uninstall ALL the router software, as the software and drivers for usb also load the machine and reduce it's performance.
- 1 decade ago
I can't think of a reason why your hub would need both ethernet & USB cables connected. My hub is capable of wireless, ethernet & USB connection but I only need to use one of them. I chose ethernet because it allows the fastest data transfer rate.
I seriously doubt you need to have both cables connected at the same time, best thing to do is contact your network administrator and check with them.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
There is a security reason why you have two connections. Dont be disconnect anything, all you,ll do is get in trouble.