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How to get internet on an old PC

matthieu54 Posted messages 20 Status Member -  
matthieu54 Posted messages 20 Status Member -
Hello,
I just bought an old PC (which works well) but it doesn't have a Wi-Fi key, only an internet socket, and I would like to know how I could connect to the internet on it? I would also like to know if there is a transformer that could be plugged into the internet socket and have a USB output; otherwise, please help me with the first question. Thank you. I have a Livebox. 
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  1. matthieu54
     
    HOMBOURGEOIS I don't know, and you say I need to connect the modem, but I have a Livebox, so how should I connect it?
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  3. Anonymous user
     
    I put modem/box so Livebox is included in my answer, right?
    The cable is a RJ45 cable like the one delivered with the box.
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  4. Anonymous user
     
    especially since USB is often missing (anyway it works poorly!!!)
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  6. Anonymous user
     
    "Internet socket = RJ45" ??
    If so, just connect it to the modem/router with a cable.
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  7. kiki
     
    On an old PC, the only reliable thing is the Ethernet cable since it consumes very little CPU resources.
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  8. Olivier
     
    The RJ45 cable looks a lot like the telephone cable.
    If you look at the end of the telephone cable that goes to the phone and unplug it, you will see how similar they are. Yes, but they have nothing to do with each other. The phone one is smaller. It allows, as shown in the previous post's photo, to connect, on one hand, the modem integrated into the computer to the wall telephone jack on the other hand.
    For your old computer, there are two solutions:
    either it has a small hole, which means it has a modem and it's doomed (unless you buy an Ethernet card and integrate it into your PC, but I already sense you complaining),
    or it has a big hole, and yes, you can connect the box to your computer; it should work.
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  9. matthieu54 Posted messages 20 Status Member 1
     
    ok thanks, where can I find all that?
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  10. matthieu54 Posted messages 20 Status Member 1
     
    Yes, sorry, have you seen the photo? Would you happen to have one to show me because my computer and I don’t get along.
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  12. matthieu54 Posted messages 20 Status Member 1
     
    Hello, I just understood that it's gray or red, and if I plug in the cable, one computer won't work?
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  14. snk8 Posted messages 98 Status Member 27
     
    I feel like the only thing you can do to connect it to your Livebox is to buy an Ethernet card...
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  15. Anonymous user
     
    First of all, you should have mentioned that it was a mobile!
    What you have is, apparently, an RG11 connector with 4 contacts, while the RJ45 has 8; see here http://etienne.durup.free.fr/cablage/jecable2.htm for the photo verification.
    And this RJ11 allows for 56k internet, that is, low speed.
    For ADSL, you need to add, if possible, a 10/100 network card, which usually plugs into a port (wide hole) on the side.
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  16. matthieu54
     
    Hello, so I need to buy an Ethernet card and the other cable, right? How much will that cost me?
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  17. Anonymous user
     
    the card I don't know (often brand) but the cable costs around 2 to 3 euros
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  18. matthieu54 Posted messages 20 Status Member 1
     
    And how much does the network card cost?
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  19. Anonymous user
     
    I don't know any more than I did earlier.........
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  20. brupala Posted messages 111157 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   14 453
     
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    take a pcmcia .
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    and ... There you go!
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  21. matthieu54 Posted messages 20 Status Member 1
     
    Thank you, I will go buy them.
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