I believe you are correct. You have to purchase a dongle from apple that plugs into USB and let's you plug in ethernet to hard wire an Air.
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Gris - Apr 06, 2012 5:11:46 am PDT #19816 of 25501
Hey. New board.
smonster - Apr 06, 2012 5:14:58 am PDT #19817 of 25501
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Ah. So I can't use a regular USB cord? What is the USB port thingy on my modem for, then? To plug into a router?
Gris - Apr 06, 2012 5:37:54 am PDT #19818 of 25501
Hey. New board.
That is a good question. I don't know. Cable modem?
DCJensen - Apr 06, 2012 5:45:16 am PDT #19819 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
The USB port on a cable or DSL modem can be used for Internet. I've seen it done several times, but have not used it myself.
smonster - Apr 06, 2012 5:55:25 am PDT #19820 of 25501
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
That is a good question. I don't know. Cable modem?
Yes, it's a cable modem.
So in theory, I could connect from my Air to the modem via USB? It's certainly an option in Network Preferences.
Gris - Apr 06, 2012 6:13:54 am PDT #19821 of 25501
Hey. New board.
I'm going to stop pretending like I know what I'm talking about - I've never done it.
I would google for the modem manual, myself.
smonster - Apr 06, 2012 6:17:12 am PDT #19822 of 25501
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
...duh. I think I have the modem manual. RTFM, smonster.
smonster - Apr 06, 2012 7:30:42 am PDT #19823 of 25501
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Okay, I RTFM and it's not helping. It only has troubleshooting for PC, not Macs. I think I'm going to contact my cable company. Thanks for the help, y'all.
Gudanov - Apr 06, 2012 9:19:12 am PDT #19824 of 25501
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You probably need to contact them anyways to get to the bottom of the problem. I doubt that your router is going to be problem if a wired link doesn't get you the speed you expect.
Typo Boy - Apr 06, 2012 11:24:29 am PDT #19825 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
My home network has been connecting slowly to the internet for some time, in spite of reboots. To see if it was the router, I unplugged the router and plugged one computer directly into the cable modem. Speed was fine. I then plugged the router in again and connected through the router. Still working fine. "Fucking Ethernet, how does it work?" /insane clown posse.