Your everyday P3 does not have USB 2.0 so to add that may be more trouble than its worth. See http://www.usbman.com
Take ethernet and I will beg off answering any details about resources and such since such is not caused by the connection but usually an old OS (you didn't reveal), SPYWARE and not being careful of what we pile on the old OS.
There is no fix (ever) for the old DOS Windows resources, but I do use the OPTIMIZING WINDOWS articles at http://www.aumha.org/articles.htm
Bob
Which is the better way to connect for a USB Modem. USB 2.0 or Ethernet.
I had read that ethernet does not use as much cpu resources as usb. Is that true?
I had read that they operate at the same speed for the connection (usb at 6 mps and ethernet at 10?) is this correct?
I have an old P3 500 mhz 384 ram and I am slways running out of resrouces. I was wondering if connecting by the ethernet card might help this. I notice that my cpu is almost always running at 100%.
One last question. Are cable modems able to run faster with USB 2.0 or do you have to have a specific USB cable modem to do this?

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