Guys,

Im in posession of a PC with no ethernet socket in the back

how do I resolve this?

is there a board i can buy that will have one?

Its quite an old pc but needs an ethernet socket for a SKY internet modem

(it has USB slots but no, USB connection isnt possible with this modem)

thks

 

Get a pci card with network support

 

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=34809

 

I would go to you local PC shop and buy a PCI ethernet card, you can get USB to ethernet adaptors, but they use software to do the work and it will slow you machine down.

 

Ethernet cards wont require any software to get them working, just the driver which wont slow down the PC at all!!

 

mr foster, PCI ethernet cards need a driver, they cards have a chip on them which read and proccess the packets comming in and then present the layer 2 packet to the computer so you will lose almost no clock cycles. The usb ones dose not have a chip. The software reads the information direct from the adaptor and uses the computer proccesor to present it to the IP stack.

 

Is it really going to slow the computer down though enough to notice?!

 

If its a old chugger yes, you will notice the differance between a hardware and a software NIC

 

Ah fair enough then, what spec PC are we talking? P2 old or older?!