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Started by Sam
Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:24
connecting laptop to SMC Barricade
Author: Sam
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:24
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:24
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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.
Re: connecting laptop to SMC Barricade
Author: Sooky Grumper
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 17:31
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 17:31
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Sam wrote: > 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. > > Buy a $50 usb NIC? -- spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo
Re: connecting laptop to SMC Barricade
Author: Rod Speed
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 19:39
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 19:39
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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. One obvious approach is to buy a network card for it. They arent that expensive on ebay. Or just get a usb/ethernet adapter. They aint expensive either. The NIC for the laptop would normally be a bit tidier, but not that much since the usb/ethernet box can stay with the router.
Re: connecting laptop to SMC Barricade
Author: Sam
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 20:45
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 20:45
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what is a NIC? "Sooky Grumper" <sookygrumper@fishies_.com> wrote in message news:3fd9fa6e@quokka.wn.com.au... > Sam wrote: > > 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. > > > > > > Buy a $50 usb NIC? > > -- > spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo >
Re: connecting laptop to SMC Barricade
Author: Sooky Grumper
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 23:03
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 23:03
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Sam wrote: > what is a NIC? Network Interface Card. I had a laptop here a few weeks ago that I needed to connect to my network and it didn't have an ethernet port, but it did have USB. I went to my friendly neighbourhood computer shop and bought a USB network card, installed the drivers and such, and away I went. The usb network card cost $59. > > "Sooky Grumper" <sookygrumper@fishies_.com> wrote in message > news:3fd9fa6e@quokka.wn.com.au... > >>Sam wrote: >> >>>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. >>> >>> >> >>Buy a $50 usb NIC? >> >>-- >>spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo >> > > > -- spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo
Re: connecting laptop to SMC Barricade
Author: Sam
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 02:30
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 02:30
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Thaks for the tip. I will give it a shot "Sooky Grumper" <sookygrumper@fishies_.com> wrote in message news:3fda4869$1@quokka.wn.com.au... > Sam wrote: > > what is a NIC? > > Network Interface Card. I had a laptop here a few weeks ago that I > needed to connect to my network and it didn't have an ethernet port, but > it did have USB. I went to my friendly neighbourhood computer shop and > bought a USB network card, installed the drivers and such, and away I > went. The usb network card cost $59. > > > > > "Sooky Grumper" <sookygrumper@fishies_.com> wrote in message > > news:3fd9fa6e@quokka.wn.com.au... > > > >>Sam wrote: > >> > >>>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. > >>> > >>> > >> > >>Buy a $50 usb NIC? > >> > >>-- > >>spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo >
Re: connecting laptop to SMC Barricade
Author: Sam
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 12:28
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 12:28
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I checked on the NIC and it costs $100. The whole laptop only cost $350 so I can't see this as a good option unless there is no better one.
Re: connecting laptop to SMC Barricade
Author: Sooky Grumper
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 12:44
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 12:44
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Sam wrote: > I checked on the NIC and it costs $100. The whole laptop only cost $350 so I > can't see this as a good option unless there is no better one. > > LOL! Where on earth did you get that price from? I bought mine at www.ple.com.au for $59 and it's even USB 2.0. I'm sure I could find one even cheaper. In fact, I just did, for only $44: http://www.eyo.com.au/details_M-UE202.html Another option might be a direct usb to usb connection from the laptop to another computer on your network. Still a third option might be to connect it to another computer on your network via the com port. I'm afraid I've never had the experience of implementing either of these solutions. :-( -- spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo
Re: connecting laptop to SMC Barricade
Author: Rod Speed
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 20:01
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 20:01
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Sam <samkek1@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3fdb05ff@dnews.tpgi.com.au... > I checked on the NIC and it costs $100. Not if you get it off ebay. > The whole laptop only cost $350 so I can't see > this as a good option unless there is no better one. The better one is to get the NIC off ebay. I prefer these myself, mainly because there is no fiddly dongle, you plug the cable straight into it. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3446708258&category=3710 Need a bit of care to get the right one tho, which laptop ?
Re: connecting laptop to SMC Barricade
Author: Leon.
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 02:17
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 02:17
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"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. COM ports cant handle ethernet. There were parallel port ethernet devices - only useful for 10mhz ethernet, and quite slow at it ...
Re: connecting laptop to SMC Barricade
Author: Sooky Grumper
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 12:57
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 ... > > > > -- spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo
Re: connecting laptop to SMC Barricade
Author: Sam
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 11:40
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 11:40
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Thanks. I picked up a PCMCIA ethernet card and it has done the job nicely. "Sooky Grumper" <sookygrumper@fishies_.com> wrote in message news:3fdc5d69$1@quokka.wn.com.au... > 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 ... > > > > > > > > > > > -- > spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo >
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