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Furius92 · 03-25-2002, 06:57 PM

It may be connected to your PC through USB, but the modem HAS to have an RJ 45 port. If you had it installed for you by a company, they might have run the RJ 45 into a USB adapter, and then used that rather than installing a NIC for you. They did that for me... not sure if it's good or bad.

Besides, if it IS USB, you can get an adapter and go the other way... from USB to RJ 45 and do it like that. But that'll probably reduce speed.

03-25-2002, 06:57 PM	#11
Furius92 Resident NORML Supporter Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New York Posts: 1,184	It may be connected to your PC through USB, but the modem HAS to have an RJ 45 port. If you had it installed for you by a company, they might have run the RJ 45 into a USB adapter, and then used that rather than installing a NIC for you. They did that for me... not sure if it's good or bad. Besides, if it IS USB, you can get an adapter and go the other way... from USB to RJ 45 and do it like that. But that'll probably reduce speed. __________________ Asus P5B-E - Core 2 Duo E6300 @ 2.4 GHz - 2GB Corsair XMS2 - HIS X1650 XT Turbo - 400GB Seagate 7200.10 - Sound Blaster Audigy SE - Samsung 960BF LCD - Antec P180B - Corsair HX620W