Wired desktop and wireless router Question.

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I have a wireless setup for my laptop(XP_Home) and I wanted to add my
wired desktop(98SE) to the network as I don't have a wireless PC card.
The problem is my desktop doesnot have a CAT5 input only phone line. I
was until now connecting to my cable modem using USB port but now the
wireless router only has the CAT5 so I am not able to add my desktop
to is using USB.

I tried to connect my desktop directly to the Cable modem but a I am
not able to connect to Internet.

Please help. Do I need to buy additional hardware to connect my
desktop to the wireless router ???

Thanks a lot.

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Yes, you need a Network Card. It's probably easier to get your local shop to
install it.

"surbhi" <ritskits@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I have a wireless setup for my laptop(XP_Home) and I wanted to add my
> wired desktop(98SE) to the network as I don't have a wireless PC card.
> The problem is my desktop doesnot have a CAT5 input only phone line. I
> was until now connecting to my cable modem using USB port but now the
> wireless router only has the CAT5 so I am not able to add my desktop
> to is using USB.
>
> I tried to connect my desktop directly to the Cable modem but a I am
> not able to connect to Internet.
>
> Please help. Do I need to buy additional hardware to connect my
> desktop to the wireless router ???
>
> Thanks a lot.

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ritskits@yahoo.com (surbhi) wrote in message news:<91238b26.0409141926.79401b9b@posting.google.com>...
> I have a wireless setup for my laptop(XP_Home) and I wanted to add my
> wired desktop(98SE) to the network as I don't have a wireless PC card.
> The problem is my desktop doesnot have a CAT5 input only phone line. I
> was until now connecting to my cable modem using USB port but now the
> wireless router only has the CAT5 so I am not able to add my desktop
> to is using USB.
>
> I tried to connect my desktop directly to the Cable modem but a I am
> not able to connect to Internet.
>
> Please help. Do I need to buy additional hardware to connect my
> desktop to the wireless router ???
>

network cards a very inexpensive 8 - 15 bucks. since you're using 98
try to get the drivers from the place you bought, but they are easy
enough to download if you get a known brand like 3com etc. if you've
never installed anything in a PC before then you might want to have
somw help.

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DS <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@a.d.e.l.p.h.i.a..n.e.t> wrote:
> DON'T do a search for USB to Ethernet. Why would you do that when a NIC can
> be had for $5-$10 w/rebates or just plain on sale.

Because the back side of a PC is a dreadful place to put a radio antenna.
The USB-wireless adapter can be mounted someplace with a better radio view
of the world. My DLink DWL-122, with a five foot cable, was $9.

> I never understood why USB is used for so many things. USB mouse, USB
> keyboard, USB printer, USB to Eth. IMO, USB should be used for devices that
> you plug and unplug regularly, i.e. a digital camera. That was the original
> intention of USB from what I remember. I have a USB mouse, that came with a
> PS2 adapter, so I use the PS2 port.

I don't think "universal serial bus" has any particular "pluggable only"
connotation to it. Hotplug is part of the design, but that's true for a
lot of PCI cards as well.

> It may be OK for very low usage devices, but even then I'd go a different
> route if possible.

40-60MBpS disk drives are available for USB.


> Oh yeah, a scanner is the only other USB device I'd probably use, since the
> transfer rate is much better than the parallel port.

Aha! You've seen the light. ;-)

Size is king. The parallel port and serial ports are disappearing, both
from lack of use, and a need for space. One USB port with an external hub
can accomodate a lot of external devices that not everyone has. No need to
waste the space for ports that don't get used by 90% of the population.

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DS <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@a.d.e.l.p.h.i.a..n.e.t> wrote:
> dold@XReXXWired.usenet.us.com wrote in news:cialj0$s00$1@blue.rahul.net:

>> DS <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@a.d.e.l.p.h.i.a..n.e.t> wrote:
>>> DON'T do a search for USB to Ethernet. Why would you do that when a
>>> NIC can be had for $5-$10 w/rebates or just plain on sale.
>>
>> Because the back side of a PC is a dreadful place to put a radio
>> antenna. The USB-wireless adapter can be mounted someplace with a
>> better radio view of the world. My DLink DWL-122, with a five foot
>> cable, was $9.

> I took the post as they wanted to add a wired connection, which is what
> the OP said he/she wanted to do, and asked about hardware.

Right you are... A $9 wired NIC is the way to go. I misread something.

> Also no need to use a wireless card on a desktop if it's within a wire's
> shot of the switch, which undoubtably has a much lower potential for
> issue's in the future, more secure, and with better performance.

Yep.

> Just as a clarification, I agree with you, why not get rid of the stuff
> that 90% of the people don't use. The serial port is very common in the
> communications field, which I'm in, and most devices I use regularly have

Lots of whining in the GPS group about the number of laptops that no longer
have serial ports, and in my way of thinking, they are more likely to need
them than desktops, but that may just be my usage pattern.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8-122.5