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kaspakhine
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Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:20 am Post subject:
USB to Ethernet connection? |
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Just talked to SBC to get their DSL and the rep said I need to
have an ethernet port on my computer. My couple of years old Dell does
not have that - only have couple of USB ports (probably 1.0). Is there
a converter of some kind that I can buy to get around this? Would
there
be any issues if I use the other USB port with my mouse? I am not
very familiar with these kind of connections and any help would be
sincerely appreciated. Thank you.
Kaspa |
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Marilyn & Bob
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Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:21 am Post subject:
Re: USB to Ethernet connection? |
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If you have a spare PCI slot on your computer, you should buy a NIC
(ethernet port) card and install it. You should find one for about $10 or
less.
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"kaspakhine" <kaspakhine@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Just talked to SBC to get their DSL and the rep said I need to
have an ethernet port on my computer. My couple of years old Dell does
not have that - only have couple of USB ports (probably 1.0). Is there
a converter of some kind that I can buy to get around this? Would
there
be any issues if I use the other USB port with my mouse? I am not
very familiar with these kind of connections and any help would be
sincerely appreciated. Thank you.
Kaspa
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Dmitri(Cabling-Design.com
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Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:38 am Post subject:
Re: USB to Ethernet connection? |
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kaspakhine wrote:
| Quote: | Just talked to SBC to get their DSL and the rep said I need to
have an ethernet port on my computer. My couple of years old Dell does
not have that - only have couple of USB ports (probably 1.0). Is there
a converter of some kind that I can buy to get around this? Would
there
be any issues if I use the other USB port with my mouse? I am not
very familiar with these kind of connections and any help would be
sincerely appreciated. Thank you.
Kaspa
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A USB Ethernet adapter has the port the guy wanted, and it's pretty cheap
these days. I don't think it's over $20 or even less. I quick search on
eBay revealed a few $5 ones, and I can bet they work just as fine as their
4 times more expensive cousins...
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Press2Esc
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Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:36 pm Post subject:
Re: USB to Ethernet connection? |
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If this is a laptop, their are many usb AND PCMCIA ethernet adapter
available. WARNING: Both are subject to mechanical breakage... natur
of the beast.
kaspakhine Wrote:
| Quote: | Just talked to SBC to get their DSL and the rep said I need to
have an ethernet port on my computer. My couple of years old Del
does
not have that - only have couple of USB ports (probably 1.0). I
there
a converter of some kind that I can buy to get around this? Would
there
be any issues if I use the other USB port with my mouse? I am not
very familiar with these kind of connections and any help would be
sincerely appreciated. Thank you.
Kasp
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