Message #: 10 Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 13:47:51 EST From: "Victor Shortus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Ethernet This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_56be37e3_1d59f5d5$4bbac38b Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed I have a duodock 230 with an ethernet card in the nubus slot. Also optical cable is being installed in homes in my suburb. Can I connect a cable modem to my ethernet card ? And how would it work ? _________________________ Yes you connect the cable modem to your ethernet card. It works just as if you were connecting to a LAN. With my cable modem (Mediaone) basically what comes out is a standard CAT-5 cable. This plugs into whatever ethernet card you may have in your computer. In the case of my PB2400 I have a PCMIA card. You may have to get a $5 female-female adapter if both your ethernet card and the cable modem cable provide only male connections. In fact at my place we use one cable modem for 5 computers; the line feeds into a PC with two PCI ethernet cards that serves as a router, relays the connection to a hub and then out over a LAN (I can give details if anyone wants to do this at home). I am actually connected to the LAN via the PCMIA card - but I could conect directly as well if I wanted. Access is instantaneous, turn on the computer, fire up your web browser and you're on. -Marc ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> X-Router | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH120.html> Midwest Mac Parts <http://www.midwestmac.com> | After-market parts for Macs. Fix your ticking dock for $59 w/ trade-in of PS. 888-356-1104 PowerBook Guy is | Click here! Everything PowerBook! | http://www.powerbookguy.com
