[mythtv-users] Another possible frontend, the BeagleBoard
Mark A Jenks
Mark.Jenks at nsighttel.com
Sat Aug 9 15:29:19 UTC 2008
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Roger Heflin
> Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 10:11 AM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Another possible frontend, the BeagleBoard
>
> 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
According to the reviews here, 60mb/sec is the max that you can get out
of 2.0. But no one has ever seen anything over 40mb/sec.
Looks like one should stay away from the USB gb adapters, and stick with
the 100's.
-Mark
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