adsl usb

how can i hook up my adsl modem using the usb instead of the ethernet
connection? the modem is a netopis cayman 3300 series?

On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:14:47 +0000, seeds wrote:

> how can i hook up my adsl modem using the usb instead of the ethernet
> connection? the modem is a netopis cayman 3300 series?

Are you sure you want to do this? USB modems suck big time - they
are unreliable and consume resources in your PC. Any particular reason
why you don't want to use your Ethernet port instead?

On 2007-06-24, seeds <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> how can i hook up my adsl modem using the usb instead of the ethernet
> connection? the modem is a netopis cayman 3300 series?

You just have to install the correct driver, unless it's recognised by your
system.

Do you have a modem that has both connections? Weird, that doesn't make much
sense...

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In article <8p53l4-(E-Mail Removed)>,
Rikishi 42 <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>On 2007-06-24, seeds <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> how can i hook up my adsl modem using the usb instead of the ethernet
>> connection? the modem is a netopis cayman 3300 series?
>
>Do you have a modem that has both connections? Weird, that doesn't make much
>sense...
>
The one that I've just been supplied with (a "Westell") has both,
though I can see no reason to use other than the RJ45 connector.

[Gonna have to get a router sometime. Any recommendations? (~4 ports)
Trying to decide whether it's worth getting a Wireless one, for the
sake of my occasionally used old laptop or future possibilities...]

-- Pete --


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Pete <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> In article <8p53l4-(E-Mail Removed)>,
> Rikishi 42 <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>On 2007-06-24, seeds <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> how can i hook up my adsl modem using the usb instead of the ethernet
>>> connection? the modem is a netopis cayman 3300 series?
>>
>>Do you have a modem that has both connections? Weird, that doesn't make much
>>sense...
>>
> The one that I've just been supplied with (a "Westell") has both,
> though I can see no reason to use other than the RJ45 connector.
>
> [Gonna have to get a router sometime. Any recommendations? (~4 ports)
> Trying to decide whether it's worth getting a Wireless one, for the
> sake of my occasionally used old laptop or future possibilities...]
>
> -- Pete --
Why a router rather than just a switch or hub? If the Westell is a
6100 then it's also a router.

Jerry

In article <Lmegi.122382$(E-Mail Removed)>,
Jerry Peters <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Pete <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>> [Gonna have to get a router sometime. Any recommendations? (~4 ports)
>> Trying to decide whether it's worth getting a Wireless one, for the
>> sake of my occasionally used old laptop or future possibilities...]
>>
>> -- Pete --
>Why a router rather than just a switch or hub? If the Westell is a
>6100 then it's also a router.
>
Unless I'm way off base, I don't think a hub works... I have a single
(static) IP from my DSL supplier, and I want to share that among 3 or 4
hosts. A simple hub won't do the address translation required, but I
was looking, for example, at the "Belkin Wireless G" manual, and it
provides NAT to do what I need. [Nicely written manual BTW -- has slanted
me well in favour of that box at the moment.]

Dunno the model of my Westell [can't be bothered to look at its underside (:-)]
but it's not a router -- only one RJ45 conector. Could have paid extra
for a combo modem/router, but I decided to leave options open for now.

-- Pete --



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Pete <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> In article <Lmegi.122382$(E-Mail Removed)>,
> Jerry Peters <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>Pete <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>
>>> [Gonna have to get a router sometime. Any recommendations? (~4 ports)
>>> Trying to decide whether it's worth getting a Wireless one, for the
>>> sake of my occasionally used old laptop or future possibilities...]
>>>
>>> -- Pete --
>>Why a router rather than just a switch or hub? If the Westell is a
>>6100 then it's also a router.
>>
> Unless I'm way off base, I don't think a hub works... I have a single
> (static) IP from my DSL supplier, and I want to share that among 3 or 4
> hosts. A simple hub won't do the address translation required, but I
> was looking, for example, at the "Belkin Wireless G" manual, and it
> provides NAT to do what I need. [Nicely written manual BTW -- has slanted
> me well in favour of that box at the moment.]
>
> Dunno the model of my Westell [can't be bothered to look at its underside (:-)]
> but it's not a router -- only one RJ45 conector. Could have paid extra
> for a combo modem/router, but I decided to leave options open for now.
>
> -- Pete --
A 6100 has a single USB and a single RJ45, believe me it's a router, I
have one in the basement connected to a port on the network hub. It
does NAT, has a modifiable firewall, and a DHCP server. Just
because it has only 1 port doesn't preclude it from being a router.

Jerry

In article <NdAgi.235884$(E-Mail Removed)>,
Jerry Peters <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Pete <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>> Dunno the model of my Westell [can't be bothered to look at its underside (:-)]
>> but it's not a router -- only one RJ45 conector. Could have paid extra
>> for a combo modem/router, but I decided to leave options open for now.
>>
>> -- Pete --
>A 6100 has a single USB and a single RJ45, believe me it's a router, I
>have one in the basement connected to a port on the network hub. It
>does NAT, has a modifiable firewall, and a DHCP server. Just
>because it has only 1 port doesn't preclude it from being a router.

Seems kind of odd -- that they'd give you all the router capability
and then make you buy a hub to use it! (:-/) (The Belkin I was
looking at gives you four ports -- after that you can expand it with
a hub.)

Anyhow, I *did* look at the label on the bottom of my Westell, and
it's a 2110. So it's just a modem...

-- Pete --


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