Her current setup is an old desktop connected via an USB ADSL modem to the
internet - it doesn't have a working ethernet card and she doesn't want to
put one in as it's too fragile - the machine not her I hasten to add. And
as we'll both need to be on the internet at the same time,
LeeGroups wrote:
Probably cheaper si just a Plexus adsl router from ebuyer.com. It has a
USB socket on the back, which plugs into a PC usb socket creating a
wired usb ethernet connection. Much less hassle and faster on older PCs
Actually that is a good idea :-)
Rob
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Scenario. I'm going to have to stay on and off for a number of weeks at my
partners house whilst doing some on site work nearby.
Her current setup is an old desktop connected via an USB ADSL modem to the
internet - it doesn't have a working ethernet card and she doesn't want to
put
A pair of USB wireless dongles or a USB to Ethernet adaptor for the Windows
machine maybe?
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Hello Gav,
GF A pair of USB wireless dongles or a USB to Ethernet
adaptor for the Windows machine maybe?
I was going to suggest a PLIP cable, but then I
remembered that Microsoft Windows doesn't support PLIP.
There are USB PC-to-PC cables with open source drivers, but
I don't know
Andy
Could you point me in the direction of the open source stuff, presumeing
it's not already in Ubuntu?
Ian
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Hello Ian,
I was thinking of this...
http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?upl+4+NetBSD-current
...which makes me wonder what chipset(s) are in the non-Prolific
cables. Whether or not similar support is included in Ubuntu I can't
say because I have neither the cable nor an Ubuntu
Ian Pascoe wrote:
Her current setup is an old desktop connected via an USB ADSL modem to the
internet - it doesn't have a working ethernet card and she doesn't want to
put one in as it's too fragile - the machine not her I hasten to add. And
as we'll both need to be on the internet at the
