2006-07-03 10:30:10 · 4 answers · asked by m_saltzma 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
There is no such thing as a dialup with a newer bigger plug. That other big plug is not a modem. Its an ethernet port that you connect to either a DSL or a cable modem. You need to get broadband to utilize your ethernet port.
They do look like bigger versions of the dialup phone plug, but they are not the same.
2006-07-03 10:35:39 · answer #1 · answered by Sean I.T ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I took mine on down to the local computer repair shop and for twentyfive dollars they put in the ethernet modem, which looks like a dial up phone line connection but it isn't. I didn't know how to do it myself so I just paid somebody else to do it for me. Mine was an old Windows 98, which was bought way before dsl and cable came out.
2006-07-07 13:20:57 · answer #2 · answered by Serenity 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you don't see the wider type jack in the back of your computer, then you'll have to install an ethernet card. Don't take your dail-up modem out if don't you have to, just install the other card in the appropriate available slot.
2006-07-03 11:30:35 · answer #3 · answered by Abstract 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you will need to add in a network card(ethernet). it will have an rj 45 jack in it. wall mart, staples, radio shack all carry them for about 30 dollars(us)
2006-07-03 10:35:13 · answer #4 · answered by medic391 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋