I have an emachines T3256, and in my recent move I must have tossed the cable I used to connect my desktop to my modem.
When I went to reconnect today, I learned that my eMachines only has the traditional phone jacks and not a wide cable jack. Is there a name for the type of cable i need? I must have never noticed when I initially connected.
Thanks!
2007-07-17 09:03:18 · 4 answers · asked by abcobrand 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
You just need a standard network or ethernet cable, or "wide cable jack" as you put it.
Reading the spec's on Emachines website, it says the machine comes with a 10/100 ethernet jack on it. Most likely it is up by where you plug the USB and the Monitor in on the back.
2007-07-17 09:07:57 · answer #1 · answered by Bjorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the link below your computer has an integrated v.92 modem - plug that into a telephone connection if using that.
A 10/100 Ethernet port (looks like a phone connection but has 8 pins instead of 4) - for that you need a Cat5 Ethernet cable.
And a number of USB ports.
You didn't tell us what kind of connection your modem has, so it's hard to say which cable you need?
2007-07-17 16:12:02 · answer #2 · answered by Fester Frump 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you don't have an ethernet jack (the wide jack) on the back of your computer, you'll have to use a usb cable. You will need a A/B usb cable.
2007-07-17 16:07:58 · answer #3 · answered by Casual01 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's called an ethernet cable which plugs into the ethernet port in you desktop
2007-07-17 16:07:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋