20mb via USB ?

Grewer9 · 17-07-2007, 10:31

I currently subscribe to the 20mb broadband, but connect the ethernet cable from the modem to my PC (laptop) via USB adaptor. Will this method of connection have any issues to why I never seem to receive over 5mb ?
I've tried to connect the ethernet cable directly, but it won't work....maybe need an ethernet card in the PC ??

Tijer · 17-07-2007, 10:34

id suggest you get an N.I.C for your computer, as do virgin now, USB cannot support the speeds that ethernet can, and N.I.C (ethernet cards) are pretty cheap these days!

Toto · 17-07-2007, 10:39

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Originally Posted by Grewer9

I currently subscribe to the 20mb broadband, but connect the ethernet cable from the modem to my PC (laptop) via USB adaptor. Will this method of connection have any issues to why I never seem to receive over 5mb ?
I've tried to connect the ethernet cable directly, but it won't work....maybe need an ethernet card in the PC ??

Yes, you basically can't get the bandwidth through the USB connection, as Tijer suggest, you need an Ethernet connection from your modem to your PC.

I believe that USB 1.1 only has a 5Mb bandwidth through put, so if you are having problems getting above 5Mb, that could well be the reason.

anduin · 17-07-2007, 10:45

OP is using a laptop, surely the laptop has an ethernet port on it?

janipewter · 17-07-2007, 10:49

How do you plug an ethernet cable into a USB port?

**Chris** · 17-07-2007, 11:01

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Originally Posted by janipewter

How do you plug an ethernet cable into a USB port?

By using an adaptor, but that doesn't solve the problem because you are still ultimately connecting via USB rather than ethernet.

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Originally Posted by anduin

OP is using a laptop, surely the laptop has an ethernet port on it?

Don't bet on it, loads of low-end consumer laptops used to ship sans ethernet. Less common these days but far from unheard of.

The OP might be able to get round this if his laptop has a PCMCIA slot, into which he could slot an ethernet adaptor ... if he has a PCMCIA slot.

Grewer9 · 17-07-2007, 11:19

My PC is an old Siemens Fujitsu model...there is both PCMCIA slot (was used for wireless adaptor, but no longer so now is free) and an ethernet socket outlet.
I'm guessing that simply because there is an ethernet outlet on the machine, it doesn't nescessarily mean that there is a card built in ?

The PCMCIA adaptor sounds favourite, no need for internal fitting. I presume that the ethernet cable would plug directly into the card adaptor, then into my machine ?

Thanks for the responses guys....

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Is this the type of thing required ?

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...ERNET&doy=17m7

If this got the connection working well, would any other configurations need changing...ie. internet connections internally ?

EzBeanz · 17-07-2007, 11:33

a USB 2.0 port can transfer @ 480mbps

**Chris** · 17-07-2007, 11:34

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Originally Posted by Grewer9

My PC is an old Siemens Fujitsu model...there is both PCMCIA slot (was used for wireless adaptor, but no longer so now is free) and an ethernet socket outlet.
I'm guessing that simply because there is an ethernet outlet on the machine, it doesn't nescessarily mean that there is a card built in ?

The PCMCIA adaptor sounds favourite, no need for internal fitting. I presume that the ethernet cable would plug directly into the card adaptor, then into my machine ?

Thanks for the responses guys....

---------- Post added at 11:19 ---------- Previous post was at 11:09 ----------

Is this the type of thing required ?

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...ERNET&doy=17m7

If this got the connection working well, would any other configurations need changing...ie. internet connections internally ?

I don't know for certain but I'd have thought if the e-net socket is there, it's probably active. Plug into it and see.

If you do need a card for the PCMCIA slot, then the one you linked to looks like it'll do the job.

janipewter · 17-07-2007, 11:38

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Originally Posted by EzBeanz

a USB 2.0 port can transfer @ 480mbps

I didn't think the SACM's were USB2 though were they?

Druchii · 17-07-2007, 11:50

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Originally Posted by janipewter

I didn't think the SACM's were USB2 though were they?

Nope, USB1.1 @ 11mbps. (Or so the readout from Docsdiag tells me)

rtj70 · 17-07-2007, 12:09

The ethernet socket on the Fujitsu Siemens laptop will be just fine. No need for a PCMCIA adapter.

When one comment suggest and ethernet adapter they will have assumed you had a desktop PC without ethernet. Most laptops have had ethernet built in for many years now.

Grewer9 · 17-07-2007, 12:14

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Originally Posted by rtj70

The ethernet socket on the Fujitsu Siemens laptop will be just fine. No need for a PCMCIA adapter.

When one comment suggest and ethernet adapter they will have assumed you had a desktop PC without ethernet. Most laptops have had ethernet built in for many years now.

Attached is a data sheet for my PC. I can't see ethernet as a port option, but it does state LAN & modem..same thing perhaps ?

Thanks for all the help so far...

Druchii · 17-07-2007, 12:30

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Originally Posted by Grewer9

Attached is a data sheet for my PC. I can't see ethernet as a port option, but it does state LAN & modem..same thing perhaps ?

Thanks for all the help so far...

Yep, the modem/LAN combo, the LAN will be Ethernet

Grewer9 · 17-07-2007, 12:38

I've previously tried plugging the cable directly into this port, but with no joy. Is it also nescessary to alter any of the computer settings to accept this connection ?