[access-uk] Re: RJ45 ports
- From: Douglas Harrison <harrison1d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:01:34 -0000
Many thanks for the prompt reply, George. I will get my wife to examine the
rear of the
machine later to try and establish exactly what is there. I was wondering
whether this
"Advanced Port Replicator" was a device which had to be attached to the laptop
to provide
these extra ports or was already there. The print copy of the manual may
clarify this point.
Sorry to say that the Tiny URL simply gave me the message "Session Finished!
We have
closed your current session." There was a "revisit the site" link but that
did not seem to take
me to the detailed spec you mention.
Having also read your suggestion in another message about Belarc Adviser I will
give that a
try too.
Douglas
On 9 Feb 2008 at 16:35, George Bell wrote:
> Hi Douglas,
>
> The "RJ45 LAN jack" is your network cable port, the one
> below that is obviously for your dial up modem.
>
> The Port Replicator is for a device which can give you
> additional ports, such as extra USB, Parallel and/or Serial
> ports.
>
> If I've got things right, a detailed specification of your
> system is available here.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/32bj8x
>
> It suggests that you may already have wireless on board.
>
> George.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Douglas
> Harrison
> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 4:24 PM
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] RJ45 ports
>
>
> I have read with interest the threadconcerned with
> connecting to a router via an ethernet
> cable. At present I am still on dial up, and because I hope
> to move house in the near future, I
> am looking for a broadband solution which would not have to
> be completely replaced
> whatever the situation in the future.
> Again because of the likelihood of a move I have not
> replaced my desktop machine which
> came to the end of its useful life a few months ago and am
> working temporarily with a pair of
> Toshiba laptops.
>
> Whilst reading some of the messages today, it occurred to me
> that after swiitching to
> broadband I might be able to have one of the machines
> connected to the router via eethernet
> and use the other one wirelessly.
>
> So I looked at the manual of the latest laptop (Toshiba
> Satellite Pro A120-186) to check
> whether it had a rJ45 port.
>
> I found the following -
>
> "The following ports and accessories are available on the
> Advanced Port
> Replicator III Plus.
> RJ45 LAN jack
> RJ11 Modem jack
>
> etc."
>
> Could anyone enlighten me on what it means by "Advanced Port
> Replicator"?
>
> What makes life difficult is that Toshiba produce a single
> manual to cover several models,
> and from time to time you read "this feature may not be
> available on all models".
>
> I had expected to get on the same laptop a 9 pin serial port
> which I had hoped to be able to
> use sometimes for an external speech synthesiser, but where
> I expected to find the 9 pin
> port there seems only to be a cover plate.
>
> Any clarification or guidance would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> Douglas
>
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Douglas Harrison
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