Re: connecting laptop to SMC Barricade

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From: Sooky Grumper
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 12:57

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Leon. wrote:
> "Sam" <samkek1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3fd9b38f$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
> 
>>I have a SMC Barricade SMC7004ABR broadband router that works perfectly
> 
> with
> 
>>my PCs.
>>
>>I am wondering if there is any way to connect this to my laptop that does
>>not have a network card. It has USB and COM ports.
> 
> 
> You can get PCMCIA ethernet cards if you dont want to do the USB thing.

They're generally 20% more expensive than USB network adapters.

> 
> COM ports cant handle ethernet.  There were parallel port ethernet devices -
> only useful for 10mhz ethernet, and  quite slow at it ...
> 
> 
> 
> 


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