[geeks] Cheap multiport PCI 10/100 ethernet cards?

Dan Duncan dand at pcisys.net
Mon Aug 2 12:17:11 CDT 2004


On Mon, 2 Aug 2004, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> > > USB is not *great* for that kind of application, since all devices share
> > > one controller -
> >
> > Two buses are pretty much standard now.
>
> That's why I didn't say non-functional, or even "bad," just not *great*...

That wasn't the problem.  It was the part about sharing one controller.
They DON'T usually share one controller.  Most boards now come with
two USB controllers.

-DanD

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