Re: USB and Ethernet

From: Rich/rerat (no.spam_at_isp.com)
Date: 05/26/04 

Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 07:19:33 -0400

Mike,
I did the same thing that you desire to do. I did exactly what Steve has instructed. The modem that Comcast leases to me, has both the USB and Ethernet (straight-through CAT5, not cross-over) cables, so I just switched the cables. So if the Ethernet cable was not included with your modem, you will need to purchase a straight-through cable.

You may have to reboot your PC, so it can renew the lease for the connection. 

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"Steve Winograd [MVP]" <winograd@pobox.com> wrote in message news:1a92b0pouvhu76g530abgrv00rn2uhej3o@4ax.com...
In article <10f7501c44114$91489160$a601280a@phx.gbl>, "Mike D."
<mikeld999@comcast.net> wrote:
>I have Comcast internet service and I don't know if I 
>could disconnect the USB cable connection and them 
>connect from my cable modem which also has an Ethernet 
>connect jack to a NIC card in my PC.  I'm sure I could 
>configure the XP high speed connection for Ethernet, but 
>not sure about my Comcast configuration.  Also I've heard 
>that you can't network it your self, but have to contact 
>Comcast to do it for you.
>
>Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated
I've never heard of a USB to Ethernet conversion cable, Mike, and I
don't think that you need one.
If your cable modem has both USB and Ethernet outputs, you can use
either one of them.  To use the Ethernet output with a router:
1. Turn off the cable modem.
2. Disconnect the USB connection from the primary PC.
3. Connect the Ethernet connection to the router's WAN port.
4. Turn the cable modem back on.
You shouldn't need to change any Comcast settings.  You don't need to
contact Comcast to network the cable modem through a router.  
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