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Phyllisd
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« on: June 30, 2006, 01:49:53 AM »

I am not sure what it is called so I will explain what I am trying to do.

I have a D-link 704up router.  I have a speedtouch modem connecting it to the internet via dedicated phone line.  I have a two systemax and one dell computer hooked into the router and everyone is doing fine.  I have one spot left on my router and I have a 2003 Systemax computer that I want to connect to that spot but it doesn't have a place to connect the cat5 cable.  I have tried searching newegg and thetechgeek and tigerdirect for a part to fix it but since I don't know what it is called I can't find it if it exists.  Thanks for your help.
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Phyllisd
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« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2006, 02:15:17 AM »

I went to the thread on how to set up a network and it said each one needed an ethernet card and I even found one that was a usb ethernet so it would appear all that I needed to do was to plug it in to the computer and then plug the cat5 cable into it and that computer would be networked too.  
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« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2006, 03:39:53 AM »

That's pretty much it, and the beauty of a USB ethernet device is that you don't even have to open up your PC.

How old is the Systemax PC?  Most PCs seem to have onboard ethernet these days.
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« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2006, 07:40:43 PM »

After looking, I either bought it Dec 2001 or Dec 2002 not 2003, but I am pretty sure it was 2001.  It replaced my 1980's Tandy.  I ordered it from Tiger Direct and it came with windows xp.  When I bought it everyone was telling me I way overbought on the hard drive.  Friends told me 10 gb were plenty so I bought a 20 :o

Thanks for your answer.  I have ordered one and soon we will all be on the internet together.
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« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2006, 09:06:26 AM »

Okey dokey.  Come back if you have any problems!
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