Laptop network card

[JN]

Hello
Got a Laptop which I can connect to our home network through a PCMCIA card
(Etherlink III).
But the cable is very short. I would like to use it upstairs and seeing as
the back of the Laptop has a Network plug thingy I thought I use that but
when I plug in an ethernet cable it doesn't seem to recognise it and the
light does not go on on the router. (I've tried several which work with
other laptops). So can anyone tell me what's missing here and what I can
do/download/install etc.?
J
PS: Was using wireless for a while but having problems with router. Only
cable will do now till manufactures resolve their firmware problems.

 

[JN]

Forgot to say that in System Hardware, (with the PCMCIA and Wireless card
bus removed) no other network card is shown.

 

[Al Dykes]

Hello
Got a Laptop which I can connect to our home network through a PCMCIA card
(Etherlink III).
But the cable is very short. I would like to use it upstairs and seeing as
the back of the Laptop has a Network plug thingy I thought I use that but
when I plug in an ethernet cable it doesn't seem to recognise it and the
light does not go on on the router. (I've tried several which work with
other laptops). So can anyone tell me what's missing here and what I can
do/download/install etc.?
J
PS: Was using wireless for a while but having problems with router. Only
cable will do now till manufactures resolve their firmware problems.

If you're connecting PC-PC (no hub) you need a cable that's wired as
crossover. rather than buy a long specoal-purpose cable (99.99% of
networking is done with straight-thur cables)

I suggest you but a CAT5 inline coupler

(http://www.cyberguys.com/templates/SearchAll.asp)

and a 3 foot x-over cable. All my xover cables are RED, and none of
my straightthru cables are. An unlabeled xover cable will drive you
nuts someday.

 

[JN]

Thanks Al.
I guess you mean to use the coupler so's to connect the PCMCIA to the cable
right? I'll be able to do that tomorrow when the shops open.
I'm still very curious as to why there's a network plug thing at the back of
the laptop with the 'network' symbol right next to the modem one.
J

 

[Al Dykes]

Thanks Al.
I guess you mean to use the coupler so's to connect the PCMCIA to the cable
right? I'll be able to do that tomorrow when the shops open.
I'm still very curious as to why there's a network plug thing at the back of
the laptop with the 'network' symbol right next to the modem one.
J

The coupler+xovercable+your_long_cable makes a very long
xover cable.

Many laptops have a builtin ethenet jack. Whatever works.

Hooking up two computers directly with an ethernet cables
requires a crossover cable.

You also have to set the TCP settings that the WiFi AP was was doing
for you. Modern operating systems (w2k, XP) will "autoconfgure" You
see what IP address each computer assigned itself (type "config" at
the command prompt) then try to ping one machine from the other.

 

[JN]

Gotcha.
Just to clarify, I'd like the Laptop to be wired directly to the router. Not
to another pc.
So I need the same stuff?
Sorry about the dumb questions, not too good with laptops. I'm ok with
TCP/IP configuration. Once I've got the laptop on the network.
Jack, that's the word I was looking for. If there's a Network jack, then
there should be a network card for that jack right? and surely it should
show on the hardware devices. So the fact that it doesn't, does that mean
it's faulty?
I've got another laptop which has the same 'jack' and I used the same cable
and it worked.
Thanx for your help

Thanks Al.
I guess you mean to use the coupler so's to connect the PCMCIA to the cable
right? I'll be able to do that tomorrow when the shops open.
I'm still very curious as to why there's a network plug thing at the back of
the laptop with the 'network' symbol right next to the modem one.
J

The coupler+xovercable+your_long_cable makes a very long
xover cable.

Many laptops have a builtin ethenet jack. Whatever works.

Hooking up two computers directly with an ethernet cables
requires a crossover cable.

You also have to set the TCP settings that the WiFi AP was was doing
for you. Modern operating systems (w2k, XP) will "autoconfgure" You
see what IP address each computer assigned itself (type "config" at
the command prompt) then try to ping one machine from the other.