Quote Originally Posted by Cimanim View Post
would an ipod cord be a usb2.0 device?
If it's shaped like this then it's a USB device. An iPod uses USB 2.0, so it would be ideal. Plug it in, and if Windows doesn't tell you that it could go faster in a USB 2.0 port, well then, you have USB 2.0.

Now however, in my experience USB adapters are significantly less powerful than PCI adapters. They give a much slower connection speed (maximum is typically 54Mb/s) so while they would suffice for an Internet connection, playing games on a LAN or sharing large files and folders could suffer from it.

But it all depends on where you have your router and everything... perhaps you should get a lend of a USB adapter, test out the connection speed, and decide whether it's fast enough or if a PCI card would be better.