Today it’s hard to imagine a computer or laptop without the ability to access the Internet. Indeed, without this connection, its presence almost loses all meaning.
After Intel launched its first computer called Pentium, almost all motherboards have a USB port. But not everyone had an integrated network adapter . Now we will not understand how much the network card, which is delivered to the motherboard, costs. In this article we will discuss another topic.
Today I would like to talk about what a USB network card is. To begin with, in order to connect a personal computer or laptop to the Internet or at least to the Ethernet network, your device must have an ISA or PiSiAi network adapter. For portable computers, such a device is used in a format called PiCiCard. Moreover, the laptop must support it. Otherwise, its installation will be simply meaningless. But if you are too lazy to open the case, then the USB-network card will be just a find for you.
In general, as the popularity of the global network called the Internet has grown, more and more there is a need for connections to it. Stationary devices are mainly connected by connecting a special cable to a network card. If you don’t have one, a USB-network card may come to your aid. With it, you can easily connect the router to your computer.
In fact, a USB network card is quite useful equipment in the computer industry. With it, you can always quickly connect your computer to the network, while you do not need to open the system unit and install something in it. This adapter takes power from the bus connection port, which allows you to use it without additional power sources.
But the USB network card has one drawback. It is not supported by the DOS operating system. But I think that in our time, such a problem will not be an obstacle for anyone. After all, the times have already passed when this operating system was widely used on computers. So this factor is now unlikely to be able to stop someone. All other systems support these devices. It is enough to have at least Windows ninety-fifth year of release so that you can use the USB-network card. But according to statistics below "Piggy" operating systems have not been used for a long time. And that will be more than enough. The Linux operating system also supports this network card, but in this case there may be problems with the drivers, since it will be quite difficult to get them. For some reason, they do not come with the device. I hope the developers will soon eliminate this shortcoming.
What conclusion can be made? The USB adapter has solid advantages: ease of connection to your computer, high speed, compactness and so on. So if the configuration of your computer or laptop does not have a built-in network card, use this option.