Hi and thanks for helping me. I've got an XP computer connected to the internet thru an Actiontec 701-wg and I want to hook my old Windows 98 computer up to the internet also. It would be nice to be able to have the computers be able to access each other's files. I think the directions I've read are saying that the old computer can be hooked up to the Actiontec via USB. The old computer has two USB ports but not an ethernet. My humble questions are:
1. If I hook up the old computer to the Actiontec by USB, will the computers be able to access each other?
2. I have a phone jack in the room the old computer is in. Can I just buy another Actiontec and plug it into the phone jack in that room or do I have to buy a long USB cable and run it all the way into the room that the current Actiontec is located in?
3. The computers are 36 feet apart. Is this feasible?
3. Is there such a thing as a converter to plug into the old computer's USB port and turn it into an ethernet plugin?
I appreciate your patience with an old school teacher. :normal:
1. If I hook up the old computer to the Actiontec by USB, will the computers be able to access each other?
2. I have a phone jack in the room the old computer is in. Can I just buy another Actiontec and plug it into the phone jack in that room or do I have to buy a long USB cable and run it all the way into the room that the current Actiontec is located in?
3. The computers are 36 feet apart. Is this feasible?
3. Is there such a thing as a converter to plug into the old computer's USB port and turn it into an ethernet plugin?
I appreciate your patience with an old school teacher. :normal: