Really depends on the detail of where you get the traditional ethernet.

Hard to beat the price of very decent 10/100 PCI NICs on ebay.

And its a lot more standard than other approaches too.


Yea but Ethernet in itself is just a transport medium..
Installing TCP/IP over the USB transport would mean that windows see's it
just the same as a "standard" 10/100 network.
Ebay pricing probably isnt a good way to go cause we could say that people
dumping the usb kit would sell it for a cheaper price too..
And really 17$ for the usb setup (new) wouldnt get you 2 "good" Nic's & the
cable ..
It would come close if you made your own cable (with pre existing kit) but I
think the USB kit is probably a good idea for the guy posting