I just found out that I had a USB cable modem, with no cat5 cable hookup at
all. Is that slower then a cat 5 cable? The reason I found out that I had
this, because I wanted to install a wireless setup, so I can hook up my
laptop in the living room, or any other place in the house. So my USB cable
is still attached, and now I have an additional cat 5 cable from my PC to
the internet plug on my Linksys router. My laptop works, but it seems not
right to me, the hook up I mean. Anyone care to shed some light on my
newfound interest. Wireless communication. Honestly it scares me, but it is
a nice setup. It is a 802.11g type device......Peter
Got to run to work, many thanks for the answer, I will write more
tonight.....Peter
"Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message
news:_mFif.144730$tD4.41765@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com ...
> In article <ENqdnZizStLKvRbenZ2dnUVZ_tSdnZ2d@comcast.com>,
> pmaston@comcast.net says...
>> I just found out that I had a USB cable modem, with no cat5 cable hookup
>> at
>> all. Is that slower then a cat 5 cable? The reason I found out that I had
>> this, because I wanted to install a wireless setup, so I can hook up my
>> laptop in the living room, or any other place in the house. So my USB
>> cable
>> is still attached, and now I have an additional cat 5 cable from my PC to
>> the internet plug on my Linksys router. My laptop works, but it seems not
>> right to me, the hook up I mean. Anyone care to shed some light on my
>> newfound interest. Wireless communication. Honestly it scares me, but it
>> is
>> a nice setup. It is a 802.11g type device......Peter
>
> It depends, CAT5 can do 1000mbps, at least that's the spec for CAT5.
> While most DSL/Cable modems only do 10mbps or 100mbps on newer units,
> the real issue is that USB networking is problematic most of the time,
> and it means you can't use standard networking hardware.
>
> Trade in the USB Cable modem for a CAT5 cable modem and then put your
> Linksys behind it and your nodes behind the linksys.
>
> Don't forget to secure the Linksys wireless - they default to all
> exposed/open.
>
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