Quote Originally Posted by Phar_Ted
And also I would have to agree that USB is slower for the net, for high speed cable I get bogged down quite a bit, and my comp is only a few months old and is fairly powerful. I can't wait to see if there is a difference, perhaps that's the answer to that problem.
Again, if you are talking about this under windows (since you apparently haven't been running this way under Linux), it is much more likely that the biggest cause of these problems is spyware, adware, spamware and other things that have infected your Windows system. The USB connection will slow you down, but is small potatoes conpaired to what someone can do infecting your system. A software firewall is a start (I always use one under Windows), but it can't protect you against all Windows threats.