What is a USB-to-NIC card

Today it's hard to imagine a computer or laptop without the possibility of access to the Internet. After all, without this connection, its presence practically loses all meaning.

After the company Intel has released its first computer called Pentium, almost all motherboards have a USB port. But the integrated network adapter was far from everyone. We are not going to understand the cost of the network card, which is delivered to the motherboard. 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 a network adapter format ISA or PISiAi. For laptop computers, such a device is used in a format called PiCiCard. And the laptop should support it. Otherwise, its installation will simply be meaningless. But if you are too lazy to open the case, the USB-network card will become for you just a find.

In general, as the popularity of the worldwide network, called the Internet, grew, more and more there was a need for connections to it. Stationary devices are mainly connected by connecting a special cable with a network card. If you do not have it, a USB-to-network card can come to your rescue. With it, you can easily connect the router to your computer.

In fact, USB-network card - quite useful in computer farm equipment. With it, you can always quickly connect your computer to the network, while you do not need to open the system and install something in it. This adapter takes power from the bus port of the connection, which allows you to use it without additional power supplies.

But the USB-network card has one drawback. It is not supported by the DOS operating system. But I think that in our time with you such a problem will not become an obstacle for anyone. After all, the days when this operating system was widely used on computers have already passed. 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 long been not used. And this 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, as they will be difficult to get. In the complete set with the device they for some reason do not go. I hope that the developers will soon eliminate this drawback.

What conclusion can be drawn? The USB adapter has solid advantages: easy connection to your computer, high speed, compactness and so on. So if there is no built-in network card in the configuration of your computer or laptop, use this option.