Re: Do I HAVE to have a NIC card?

DD wrote:
> OK, I guess what I'm confused about now is that I have 2 USB ports, I
> guess I don't know what they are if they are not NIC's.

NIC - Network Card.. Has a cable that plugs into it that looks like an
extra-large version of a telephone line. Has genuinely ONE purpose - to
allow your computer to talk with other computers on a network.

USB - Universal Serial Bus.. Allows many different peripherals to be easily
connected to your computer. You can plug in USB Thumb Drives, Other
External Drives, Printers, Telephones, Miscellaneous adapters, etc. Some
Cable Modems and DSL modems even allow you to plug into a USB port to use
that instead of a network card.

You should contact those you will be or have gotten cable/dsl access from
and ask THEM what you need. They are more likely to be able to tell you
what equipment they have available to get you connected than us.

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