I use BT Yahoo Broadband, & have just received an email offering a free upgrade to its superfast "Up to 8mb" broadband service. At the moment, I use an Alcatel Speedtouch modem via USB, but BT tells me I should switch to either an Ethernet or wireless router connection.
Here's the link:
BT Up to 8MB Broadband Linky
My PC is fitted with an Asus 802.11b Network Adapter card, but nothing is hooked up to it. As far as I know, I don't have an Ethernet card fitted, but when I checked the Communication Profile using my Belarc Advisor utility, it returned the following info:
"1394 Net Adapter
1394 Net Adapter #2
Alcatel SpeedTouch USB ADSL PPP
ASUS 802.11b Network Adapter
Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter, Copper RJ-45
NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Controller
Network Card MAC Address: 00:0E:A6:B0:19:FE"
I've no idea what that means, but I did notice a reference there to Ethernet. Can any one advise me what I need to buy to take advantage of this superfast broadband connection?
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Here's the link:
BT Up to 8MB Broadband Linky
My PC is fitted with an Asus 802.11b Network Adapter card, but nothing is hooked up to it. As far as I know, I don't have an Ethernet card fitted, but when I checked the Communication Profile using my Belarc Advisor utility, it returned the following info:
"1394 Net Adapter
1394 Net Adapter #2
Alcatel SpeedTouch USB ADSL PPP
ASUS 802.11b Network Adapter
Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter, Copper RJ-45
NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Controller
Network Card MAC Address: 00:0E:A6:B0:19:FE"
I've no idea what that means, but I did notice a reference there to Ethernet. Can any one advise me what I need to buy to take advantage of this superfast broadband connection?
Thanks /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beerchug.gif