Hi George, Friday, January 23, 2004, 11:06:09 PM, you wrote: GC> For what it's worth, Cy, the man that installed my Surfboard GC> SB4100 Cable Modem said that the USB connection works well but the GC> Ethernet connection is better. When I pressed him for a reason he GC> just said it really doesn't matter that much. I'll be interested GC> to see what answers you get to your query. Why tie up limited USB bandwidth when you already have dedicated bandwidth on the network card. USB is certainly easier, though, since all computers made in the last few years have it. --Scott. Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.