What is built-in LAN

[fangoria]

Just wanted to know what this is and how is it used. Does it have anything to do with connecting to the internet via DSL?

fangoria

[BipolarBill]

Yup - it's a network adapter and can also be used to network PCs.

[fangoria]

Do you plug your phone line into this or do you still need to use an external network adapter? I currently have an internal card installed that my line connects to. Thanks, fangoria

[Peter M]

It's a Local Area Network connection. To do DSL, you need one of those. You use it to link the computer to the DSL modem thingie provided by your telco, which in turn hooks to the phone line in a certain way.

[BipolarBill]

If you get DSL, you would connect your standard phone line and filter into the DSL modem and then connect a category 5 Ethernet patch cable from the modem to your LAN port. The port is also called an RJ-45 port.

[fangoria]

Thanks for the info.

fangoria

[gjimene2]

Originally posted by BipolarBill
If you get DSL, you would connect your standard phone line and filter into the DSL modem and then connect a category 5 Ethernet patch cable from the modem to your LAN port. The port is also called an RJ-45 port.

hey Bill, dsl filters are for the phone, not the modem, otherwise you will filter out the dsl frequency out of the modem and won't get jack :)


as for that card, if it was given to you by your dsl internet service provider, then it's an internal dsl modem, and you don't need to use the onboard lan.

if it was already there, then I asure you that it's a regular 56k modem.

now if you currently have ordered dsl, you might get either an external dsl modem that connect through your onboard lan, or through your usb port. and if it's external that hooks up to your onboard lan, it might come with an ethernet card, which you won't need since you have one onboard.

and there might be a chance that they will send you an internal dsl modem :)

[BipolarBill]

Originally posted by gjimene2
you will filter out the dsl frequency out of the modem and won't get jack :)Jack! That's just too funny!

:rolleyes:

[gjimene2]

Originally posted by BipolarBill
Jack! That's just too funny!

:rolleyes:

hehe,, got the joke.

[BipolarBill]

Hmmm...you do see the analogy, don't you? Modem. Phone. Jack.

Oh nevermind!

[gjimene2]

hahaha,, sorry that I missed that, LOL


aww man, that was a good one, hehehehehe.

anyways Bill, what where you drinking/smoking to say that you need to put a filter on the dsl modem?

[BipolarBill]

I have Roadrunner. I know the filter is used somewhere. :p

..and here I was thinking that you were a comic genius...

[gjimene2]

the dsl filters need to be put on the phones to filter out the dsl frequency. if you put that on the dsl modem, you will filter out this frequence, hence not get any dsl signal to your modem.


I love comics :D too bad that cable internet isn't available here in my area, but then again since I live in a big city, everyone will want to have it and my bandwith will plumit down like the coyote does after going off-hill from chasing the road runner

[ConfusedAlien]

do you think the on board lan has any performance difference compared to the lan cards?
i think not.

[gjimene2]

I really don't see a difference between them as well.

but for some reason my dsl loves my d-link that sbc sent me over the onboard. go figure.