Samizdata
msg:4134739 | 3:39 pm on May 18, 2010 (gmt 0) |
| Can I get away with a simple Ethernet/USB adapter or am I being overly optimistic? |
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I have used those, they work fine but you may need to download a driver.
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wyweb
msg:4134747 | 3:48 pm on May 18, 2010 (gmt 0) |
I was hoping to hear someone say that.
Thank you Samizdata!
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kaled
msg:4136424 | 8:58 am on May 21, 2010 (gmt 0) |
In my experience, USB ethernet adapters are a pain. Assuming you have a free PCI slot, buy a cheap ethernet card - that's a much better solution.
Kaled.
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tangor
msg:4136942 | 5:54 am on May 22, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Does GF's computer have USB? If so a USB Network bridge cable might get you there more inexpensively. That said, the PCI ethernet card suggestion is the better way to go. Getting the wireless card to work requires a wireless modem or router... and that might be the best way to go... pick one up, drop into a hub off your DSL and have it isolated.
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wyweb
msg:4145672 | 2:23 pm on Jun 2, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Sorry for the delay in responding.
The adapter worked great. We already had a DSL modem and the PC has an ethernet card already installed. It was for wireless though. No ethernet port on the PC anywhere, therefore nowhere to plug the cable in.
I priced these adapters online and found them as cheap as 9.95 on several sites. I was impatient to get this done thouigh, and paid 29.95 at a local computer hardware retailer. The adapters driver came on a CD in the package and installation was effortless. The PC immediately picked up the modem on reboot and then it was just a matter or reconfiguring the modem. AT&T tech support walked me through that part step by step and she was online 20 minutes after we plugged the adapter in.
Win/win for me that day ;)
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