[mythtv-users] Another possible frontend, the BeagleBoard

Roger Heflin rogerheflin at gmail.com
Sat Aug 9 15:11:22 UTC 2008


Mark A Jenks wrote:
>  
> 
>> Please don't top-post.
>>
>> Is there any way of getting true gigabit speed over a USB 
>> Ethernet adapter?
> 
> USB 1.1 is 12Mb/s, USB 2.0 is 480Mb/s.   So if you could find one (Never
> saw one yet), you would only get half of the speed.   Not saying 480
> isn't better than 100mb, but I don't know if anyone is or will make
> them.
> 

Given that the fastest disks (anyone has posted numbers on-even when the disk is 
capable of 70MB/second+) on USB 2.0 only run 25MB/second one way, I would bet it 
is more like 1/4 speed.    I would expect you would need USB 2.0 just to get a 
100Mbit to run full speed.


                                 Roger


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