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Re: OT- Laptops - easy, cheap way to connect to a network?



On Thursday 20 December 2001 12:15 pm, steve wrote:
> My sister is getting a laptop for christmas, and I was just wondering
what
> is the easiest, (read cheapest) way of connecting it to a wired, cat5e
> ethernet network.
>
> I need this so it can access the local lan, for for all sorts of
access, so
> has to have tcp/ip. I have heard of ethernet to USb connectors so you
just
> plug it into a usb port on the laptop?

PCMCIA nics are down to about 20 -> 25 quid now ...

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