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Do I have to plug in my Ethernet cable into my router in order for it to work or can I just plug it into my PC?
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The ethernet cable has two ends. One end gets plugged in to your PC, and the other end gets plugged in to your router, or switch, or cable modem. Wherever your network connection comes from.
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What type of cable used to connect the Ethernet interface on a switch to the Ethernet interface on a router?
To the switch the router is just another host, so it connects with a straight Cat 5 or Cat 6 cable.
Can you get online for the PS3 with just cable?
If you want to know if you need WiFi to get online then no you don't. You can connect an ethernet cable from your cable modem or from a router to the ethernet port in the back of a PS3
How do you get wired internet with a ps3?
Find a Broadband or DSL internet provider or if you already have one and are already using it connect a router to your modem. Then simple connect an ethernet cable from your modem to your router and one from your router to your PS3. The cable that was going from the modem to your computer now goes from your router to your computer. If you are not using the internet service before then just connect th ethernet cable from your new modem to the PS3. Then if you do get a computer just buy the router and the ethernet cables then.
What Cable configuration used in PC to router connection?
Use a straight through cable, just as you would with a hub or switch.
Would it work if you connected an Ethernet cable to a modem and then to a ps3 to play on line?
If for instance you have a PC connected to the internet with an ethernet cable at a cable modem you can unplug the ethernet cable to the PC at the modem and Plug in a ethernet cable from the PS3 to the modem and a connection to the internet is possible. If the PC and PS3 are close enough you can just unplug the PC ethernet cable at the PC and move it over to the PS3. The first time you do this you need to go to the PS3 network setting and auto set the network settings. When you are done using the PlayStation 3 you just unplug the ethernet cable for the PS3 from the modem and plug the PC cable back into the modem for the PC to go back online or switch the cable back if it was close enough. When you get tired of doing this just purchase a router and plug the PS3 and PC into the router and plug the router into the modem.
What kind of adaptor do you need for your PS2 for online play?
You need cable or DSL internet and a router connected to your modem if you also have a PC and then just connect an ethernet cable from you router to the PS2 ethernet port that looks sort of like a large phone plug
How do you hook up Ethernet cable to ps3?
You do not connect the PS3 ethernet cable to the computer. Just as you connect an ethernet cable to your PS3 to allow it to go online your computer may also have a spot to connect the ethernet cable to allow it to go online. The way the completed system will be set up is that ethernet cables are connected to a router for both the computer and the PS3 and the router is connected to the modem to allow online access to both your computer and the PS3. If you do not have a router you will need to purchase one and until then if you have a computer with online access the computer could be connected directly to the modem which you can unplug and plug in the PS3 to the modem with an ethernet cable. Then you go to network setting on the PS3 and complete the internet connection. In order to use your computer again online you need to unplug the PS3 and Plug the computer back in.
Can you get on xbox live without a router?
Sure, just connect your RJ-45 ethernet cable directly into your broadband modem.
How do you connect to laptop to Ethernet?
All you need is an ethernet input on your laptop and a ethernet cable. Run the cable from the router output to the laptop input. Most wireless routers also include ethernet outputs in the back of the router. The laptop should discover the connection
You just had cable IP it works with USB but not with Ethernet they put in a new card?
You likely need to reset the cable modem in order for the modem to locate the physical address of your new Ethernet card. Make sure the Ethernet cable is properly connected to both the modem (or your router) and the Ethernet card at the back of the computer. Following tihs you may also want to restart your computer. You also need to make sure the driver is installed for the ethernet card. It should be located on OS or ethernet disk.
Do you need to buy anything to play online on the PS3?
just a ethernet cable to hook it up to your router if you do not have wireless internet available
Can you plug an Ethernet cable into a phone jack?
No it just looks that size it is actually larger and will only give you the internet from modem or router
