USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet LAN Network adapter- any cons?

branskyj

branskyj

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Hi guys,
my PC currently has a single on-board LAN connector which I use for my active Internet connection.
I have a second PC which I want to connect to my main PC. I was thinking of buying a PCI-E LAN Card but the problem is that I need all of the PCI-E lanes on my motherboard for GPUs.
I found they sell USB 3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet LAN Network adapters. Can I use one of those to connect my two computers while keep using the on-board LAN for Internet?
Would there be any conflicts between the two LANs?

If I were to use such adapter would everything else be the same as if I were using a PCI-E LAN card- would the second PC be recognized by my main PC as usual, would there be any sharing problems?

Would I sacrifice speed if I choose the adapter over an actual PCI-E LAN card?

Can I connect future PCs to my main PC by hooking up the adapter to my main PC, then hooking the LAN side of the adapter to a wireless router and from there connecting the other PCs?

Thank you kindly for all the help.
 
I don't understand the problem. All your pci lanes are filled with gpu's?

You can put a pcie x1 into any x1, x4, x8 or x16 Lane.
 
How do you connect to the internet, buy a router. This is what you need and what 99.9% of people use.

You're trying to reinvent the wheel, but using a square in it's place :)
 
Hey guy, thanks for the help.
Yes, all the PCI-E lanes are taken by GPUs- I do GPU rendering on the machine. There is one more shorter PCI-E slot but that is taken by my Sound Card.
I get my Internet from my neighbour through LAN cable (shared household). I tried in the beginning using my old Netgear router which I had left from my previous Virgin account but it didn't work- he said that the device might be locked to Virgin connections and his is SKY. For that reason I was reluctant to further experiment with other such devices.
Do you think buying an after market Ethernet switch will work? I already have a Netgear router and a D-Link DSL router left from previous Internet contracts and just don't want to pile up more boxes in the old drawer :)
Thanks again for all the help, guys.
 
It's very unlikely that adding an Ethernet switch wouldn't work. There'd have to be something very exotic going on with your neighbour's network for it not to.

You could probably get one of your existing routers reconfigured to do the job, but dedicated switches are cheap and won't require any configuration.

If you do want to try one of the routers try Googling 'router as access point' and you'll find some useful guides. If you don't need/want wireless just follow the instructions but disable the wireless.
 
Thanks bremen1874 (and everyone else).
I will go for a Ethernet switch and if for some reason it doesn't work- oh well, then I will get the USB converter.

Cheers guys and have a good weekend.
 
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