Ethernet card and Ethernet port/Network adaptor on PC

[Guest]

To get prepared for DSL connection ( AT&T Yahoo!), I read from the
installation guide that I will need a Ethernet card installed if I am
connecting via the Ethernet port on my pc ( can I have DSL connection without
using Ethernet card and Ethernet port/Network adapter? ).

After I ordered a Ethernet 10/100 PCI Network Interface Card from
sbcdslstore.com, I noticed under Control Panel/Network Connections/Lan or
High-Speed Internet/Local Area Connection, that I do have a CNet PR0200WL
PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter .
Is this CNet PR0200WL PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter same as so called Ethenet
card I need for DSL connection to the internet?
If yes, does this Ethernet Adapter work just same as the one I ordered from
the store?

Appreciate very much if some one kindly tell me how to configure Local Area
Connection Properties.

All along I am used to MSN Dial-up using MSN Explorer. Can I continue to
use MSN Explorer when my DSL is connected. What kind of membership with MSN
should I remain or subscribe?

Much thanks

Hoping no one will mind these silly questions from a 65 person.

Many thanks.

 

[Ted Zieglar]

Yes.

I suppose you want a more detailed answer than that. ;-)

The words 'ethernet' and 'network' are synonymous. There are other ways
to create a network, but ethernet is most widely used.

I don't know if there's another way to get a DSL connection, but
ethernet is almost always what is used and that's what you want.

To connect to a network - which in your case, is the internet - you need
a network card installed in your computer. Your CNet adapter is a
perfectly good network card. Send the card you ordered back.

Your installer will have complete directions on how to setup your DSL
connection.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Network and Ethernet are not synonymous. Network means connecting several
computers/PCs/other devices with a single cable. Ethernet is a type of
network. The other types of network are:

Token-Ring
USB

and of course the oldest network "Sneaker net" (Sneaker net= put on your
sneakers and get ready to 'run' back/forth between different PCs while
carrying a floppy (or now a USB key or CD/DVD disk.)