I want to transfer files from my laptop. I have an external that is connected usb to a main computer in home network. Want to add more externals and saw an external that can hook up directly to ethernet. Will that be faster? I know i can hook the usb external directly to my laptop but i would like a central location at home for externals.
2007-01-24 06:33:29 · 5 answers · asked by visualmaximus 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Three options:
Medium speed - USB Hard Drive attached to Computer attached to Network attached to Laptop.
Reason - Processing on computer will create a bottle-neck and reduce upper speed limit.
Fast speed - Ethernet Hard Drive attached to Network attached to Laptop
Reason - removes computer as a middle-man; still relies on a somewhat slower data connection; network becomes the bottle-neck.
Fastest speed - USB Hard Drive attached to Laptop
Reason - A Direct connection between two devices is always fastest, and USB hard drives are designed to be hot-swappable in any operating system after Windows 98SE. Just plug the hard drive into the laptop, and when you're finished backing up your files, plug it back into your main computer.
2007-01-24 20:05:47 · answer #1 · answered by russell.ault 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most applications of Ethernet are NOT faster than USB. USB 2.0 is 480Mb/s whereas the avergage ethernet speed is 100Mb/s. I would get an external USB drive. It would be faster.
2007-01-24 06:47:22 · answer #2 · answered by .o0O O0o. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what kind of equipment you have as to which would be faster. If I was in your shoes, I would write down the names and models of your equipment, then I would go to some store like Circuit City which specializes in computer equipment. They should be able to help you decide what kind of externals will work best for your situation. (Beware, they will try to sell you a bunch of new equipment so you have to be forceful about not wanting to replace anything you already own.)
2007-01-24 06:46:04 · answer #3 · answered by Denise T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should be faster yeah, Ethernet has higher data transfer rates than USB 2.0 so it should transfer files around the network quicker than you could copy them from a USB device.
2007-01-24 06:43:34 · answer #4 · answered by Bamba 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
in the adventure that your LAN Is 100mb then it is going to stay 100mb, in the adventure that your LAN helps Gigabit too then perhaps that is stuck on 100mb mode, you would possibly want to attempt rebooting the computer and the NAS to get them to work out that the different area helps gigabit. if it nonetheless would not you may bypass into your community adapter residences less than community connections and stress gigiabit/finished duplex. (although i imagine finished duplex is implied or perhaps required for gigabit so as which will be moot) if it links at gigabit yet you nonetheless are not seeing it, then your demanding force will be the wrongdoer, once you've an older ata100. or it would want to also be the demanding force contained in the NAS. it in user-friendly words says it is going to hook up with a gigabit community, does it honestly say it is going to flow gig/sec site visitors?
2016-12-03 00:09:30 · answer #5 · answered by huehn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋