small office/home office (SOHO) environments.
The Hypertec USB Ethernet plugs directly into the USB port located on
the back of most modern computers, and eliminates the need to open the
PC when adding an Ethernet connection.
About the Universal Serial Bus (USB)
Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a peripheral bus standard developed by
PC and telecom leaders such as Compaq, DEC, IBM, Intel, Microsoft,
NEC and Northern Telecom. PCs equipped with USB allow computer
peripherals once installed on a system to be automatically configured as
soon as they are physically attached without the need to reboot or run
setup. Thus, USB brings true "out of the box" plug-and-play to computer
peripherals. USB features fast I/O transfer rate of 12 Mbits/s and allows
up to 127 devices to run simultaneously on one computer.
Typically, there are several connectors on the back of a computer, each
of which accepts a specific kind of device connector and cable. As a
result, a maze of confusing cables can be found at the back of a
computer when a full range of peripherals are attached, USB eliminates
the need for variety of connectors and cables because a single, standard
type of connector and cable is used for every peripheral device,
connected in a "daisy chain' fashion.
