07-03-2001, 10:41 PM
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Wondering if someone could help me out here. I have a USB DSL modem and two computers. I want to get a DSL/Cable router so I can share my internet connection w/ the two computers. Does anybody out there know if there's some sort of USB converter so I could plug it into the router? Thanks.
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07-03-2001, 10:55 PM
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there IS a ethernet to usb adapter... it might work the other way around.
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07-04-2001, 01:33 PM
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Ensign
Join Date: Feb 2001
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That's what I was hoping for, a usb to ethernet converter. But I haven't been able to find one anywhere. I was hoping someone here would know where I could get one.
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07-05-2001, 01:24 PM
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what brand/model modem?
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07-05-2001, 11:47 PM
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Location: La Jolla, California, United States
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yeah, I got one of those from PacBell DSL, and I couldn't figure any way around it. I think you might have to get a different DSL modem
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07-06-2001, 11:43 AM
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Location: NY
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sorry but I am pretty sure you can't.
you need dsl to nic card modem. |
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07-06-2001, 10:40 PM
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yeah... I don't think you can do that. Better get a different modem
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07-07-2001, 03:47 AM
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Location: Arcadia
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you can swap it
my friend recently got pacbell dsl, he got the ****ty usb dsl modem....anyway, I told him to call pacbell and say that he didn't have any pci ports(a lie to avoid getting an internal modem) or usb ports( to avoid getting a usb modem) and that all he had was a ethernet card that had to stay in his computer...I told him to ask for a ethernet Wan modem like the Alcatel 1000 and they swapped him the usb modem for a ethernet DSL one...it works fine with his linksys router.
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07-07-2001, 10:12 AM
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Why not just use ICS ? Works for me.
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07-07-2001, 05:34 PM
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Location: AZ
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You could probably set up a 'puter as your firewall with the modem hooked into it and then hook that 'puter up to your router. I don't know if you have any spare computers laying around, though. Just a thought.
Scojo
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