USB to Ethernet connection?
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Posted by kaspakhine on July 25, 2005, 8:14 pm
Please log in for more thread options 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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Posted by Marilyn & Bob on July 26, 2005, 4:21 am
Please log in for more thread options 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. -- Peace, BobJ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Dmitri(Cabling-Design.com on July 26, 2005, 5:38 am
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kaspakhine wrote: > 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
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... -- Dmitri Abaimov, RCDD http://www.cabling-design.com Cabling Forum, color codes, pinouts and other useful resources for premises cabling users and pros http://www.cabling-design.com/homecabling Residential Cabling Guide ------------------------------------- ##-----------------------------------------------## Article posted with Cabling-Design.com Newsgroup Archive http://www.cabling-design.com/forums no-spam read and post WWW interface to your favorite newsgroup - comp.dcom.xdsl - 2401 messages and counting! ##-----------------------------------------------## | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Press2Esc on July 28, 2005, 9:36 pm
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If this is a laptop, their are many usb AND PCMCIA ethernet adapters available. WARNING: Both are subject to mechanical breakage... nature of the beast. kaspakhine Wrote: > 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 -- Press2Esc | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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> 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
>