Hardwiring the modum to the Computer?
I have just picked up a modum from the ISP. In the process i also had to have the phone company sent a service person to get the junk running. In the process the tech showed me that the ethernet c...
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If you just got it back from the shop after having W7 put back on I would suspect the shop didn't get all the drivers reinstalled. But a new ethernet card would be super cheap to buy.
And no, hooking up the modem through the USB will not "hardwire" it to the computer.
If you're on the fringe of a 3 meg DSL line you likely won't see any speed increase if you use ethernet cable to connect the modem to the computer. A good wireless router should give you throughput speeds way in excess of your 3 meg line speed. That's assuming that you aren't blocking good signal from the router to the computer.
As far as security, a ethernet cable will be more secure than Wifi of course, but with a good WPA2 password, and WPS disabled you're pretty secure. Six of one, half dozen of the other.
And no, hooking up the modem through the USB will not "hardwire" it to the computer.
If you're on the fringe of a 3 meg DSL line you likely won't see any speed increase if you use ethernet cable to connect the modem to the computer. A good wireless router should give you throughput speeds way in excess of your 3 meg line speed. That's assuming that you aren't blocking good signal from the router to the computer.
As far as security, a ethernet cable will be more secure than Wifi of course, but with a good WPA2 password, and WPS disabled you're pretty secure. Six of one, half dozen of the other.
