anyone using usb ethernet controllers with PC?

[Matt Chan]

we'd like to isolate our pro control units from our main network. anyone have any issues using usb ethernet controllers?

matt

[gomi]

We threw an extra PCI ethernet card in our machines.
That seemed to work.
Haven't tried a usb one though.

[Nigel Howard]

You could always use a switched ethernet hub for your network. Switches reduce netork load work by keeping traffic (data sent to and from devices) on each segment (a segment could be another hub or just one device) only flowing to the segment it is destined for. Unlike standard ethernet hubs that send data out on every port to every device/segment.

Here's one from Netgear

http://www.lanshop.co.uk/productcate...ialoffer=False

Regards,

Nigel.

[Mike Landolt]

I'm using the DLink Giga ethernet wireless gaming router and a switcher. I have 2 PT rigs , main mixing and one editing. i put the switcher at the PC and send back to the G4 mixing rig it seems to work well, but i seem to have to recycle the power on the PC sometimes in order for PT to see them. I backup data through the network on the rigs using SyncPro and it may analyze abit slower but seems to have very little hickups.


mike