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So...my laptop doesn't have working ethernet. And I am sick of flaky wireless connections, and can't afford hundreds of dollars to get good equipment, or something.

My DSL modem has a USB output though. So I BOUGHT a cable, and voila, connected to the internet via a cable for the FIRST time. But...now the router. The router connects via ethernet. I don't care. But I can't find a router that will use the same USB connection these modems use! Thus, I can only connect one machine to the modem.

Oh and of course, the modem refuses to use Ethernet AND USB. It only does one or the other. It's a Westell 2200.

So I read about USB to ethernet adapters, but I don't even want one. I know there's PCMCIA ethernet cards, but I'd rather just replace the motherboard than add all that crap. I did try a PCMCIA wireless card, which was notable in that its speed was glacial, about 5 kilobits per second, where as I could get upwards of 40 on a similar USB adapter I had been using. I don't know what the problem was.

So, to clarify, I've got my computer connected to a modem via USB, and there doesn't appear to be a router that can use the same USB connection. 

Help!!You don't

You can....
A. Fix your wireless connection, or
B. Get a PCMCIA ethernet card

By the way, any direct connection to your modem will always run faster than if you run behind a router/firewall. This is why your USB connection is working so good.

Quote from: Spoiler on November 08, 2007, 01:44:39 PM


By the way, any direct connection to your modem will always run faster than if you run behind a router/firewall. This is why your USB connection is working so good.
There's really not a significant difference in speed, no significant slow down from using a router.  If there is, it may be an INDICATION your router needs to be replaced. Quote from: ImpossibleProblems on November 07, 2007, 02:48:28 AM
My DSL modem has a USB output though.
I've USED DSL since Jan 2002 and have never purchased a DSL modem.  My ISP provides the modem.  How about your ISP?

I don't know whether you can find any routers that connect to a DSL modem via a USB connector.  Are you sure that modem does not have both USB and a standard Ethernet port?  If it does not have a standard Ethernet port, you may need to get a modem that does have one to resolve this.Dear Spoiler,

I THINK the USB cable was good because it's plugged in 

Dear soybean,

Yes, we "lease" or whatever it's called, the modem. The modem does use ethernet, but my computer doesn't.  That is why I was using the USB cable. But then I can't use the router, since there is no USB.

I decided to buy the USB to ethernet adapter, if the seller actually sends then I am optimistic it will work 

It's weird that almost any modem has a USB port but no routers do  Fine, whatever, ethernet...Sounds like a plan.  Let us know how it works. 

I've never used such an adapter.  I just took a look on tigerdirect.com and found this inexpensive one: D-Link - DUB-E100 - USB 2.0 10/100 Recertified Fast Ethernet AdapterHello, works all right. I'm back to the wireless connection though, because of cord length and because USB devices love to get loose and disconnect...


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