Re: XP Pro and Cable Modem

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From: no one (one_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 06/07/04 

Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 20:04:30 -0400

CS: At the present time I don't have the extra 50 or so to go purchase one.
Right now, I would just like to get connected to the internet to update
windows and my antivirus. I do have the windows update cd but there were
problems with some of the updates and it told me to visit the update site.
So if anyone has any suggestions as to why windows is not finding the modem,
I would appreciate them. According to motorola's users guide, xp should have
found it. TIA

"CS" <nomail@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:mf27c0pj0at32515guqdfmaof01tgvib66@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 16:43:38 -0400, "no one" <no one@nowhere.com>
> wrote:
>
> You can purchase a PCMCIA Ethernet card for your laptop for less than
> $50.00 US. That would certainly be a better way than to try to hook
> the laptop to your desktop via a parallel or serial cable. The card
> adaptor would also allow you to hook your cable modem directly to the
> laptop. Go here for some prices:
>
>
http://shopping.yahoo.com/p_d-link-pcmcia-ethernet-card_network-adapter_1990314570
>
> >What would the best way to network to desktop since the laptop doesn't
have
> >a ethernet connection, USB? Other? TIA
> >
> >"Mary" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >news:DC16EC70-036F-47F3-8856-667AF987C9C1@microsoft.com...
> >> You don't need a driver for cable modems. It's not really a modem in
the
> >telephone sense, so looking for a driver in the modem list is useless.
You'd
> >be better off networking the laptop to your desktop since usb connections
to
> >cable modems are tricky.
> >
>

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