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Re: Does phone work better for the net than Verizon router?

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On 2022-12-05 17:25, sticks wrote:
> On 12/4/2022 9:06 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
>> On Sun, 04 Dec 2022 20:06:23 -0500, micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com>
> 
>>>>
>>>> Does the laptop have a RJ45 socket for Ethernet?  If so connect it to
>>>> the router using an Ethernet cable.
>>>
>>> As soon as I find my supply of cables, I'll connect it and see what
>>> happens.  Evem though I never move it, I just thought everyone always
>>> used wifi for laptops.
>>
>> Not everyone uses WiFi for laptops. My two primary laptops have been on
>> wired connections for years.
> 
> Same here on mine in my office.  My wife upstairs doesn't want it wired, 
> and then complains when things lag occasionally streaming something. I 
> could easily get a wire to it, but she just don't want the cable.
> 
> Fixed a friends laptop recently and had to do a full install of the 
> operating system on it and told him I would hang on to it for the night 
> and do all the updates since he was living out of a camper and had no 
> good internet service.  I hadn't noticed while doing the work on it that 
> it didn't have an Ethernet port.  First one I had seen without it.  I 
> thought WTF?  It did have good wi-fi speeds and it wasn't as painful as 
> I thought it would have been, but it still would have been much faster 
> wired.

There are many modern laptops that don't have Ethernet.

But you can make do with an USB to eth adapter.


Ethernet is one of things in my list of things to check on a new laptop 
before purchase.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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Does phone work better for the net than Verizon router?  micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2022-12-03 23:02 -0500
  Re: Does phone work better for the net than Verizon router? Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2022-12-04 09:00 +0000
    Re: Does phone work better for the net than Verizon router? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2022-12-04 20:06 -0500
      Re: Does phone work better for the net than Verizon router? Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2022-12-04 21:06 -0600
        Re: Does phone work better for the net than Verizon router? sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2022-12-05 10:25 -0600
          Re: Does phone work better for the net than Verizon router? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2022-12-05 18:54 +0100
            Re: Does phone work better for the net than Verizon router? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2022-12-05 16:18 -0500
              Re: Does phone work better for the net than Verizon router? Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2022-12-05 16:36 -0600
                Re: Does phone work better for the net than Verizon router? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2022-12-05 19:45 -0500
                Re: Does phone work better for the net than Verizon router? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2022-12-05 21:35 -0500
              Re: Does phone work better for the net than Verizon router? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2022-12-05 23:47 +0100
            Re: Does phone work better for the net than Verizon router? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-12-06 01:37 +0000
              Re: Does phone work better for the net than Verizon router? Unsteadyken <unsteadyken@gmail.com> - 2022-12-06 10:24 +0000
                Re: Does phone work better for the net than Verizon router? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2022-12-06 10:15 -0500
                Re: Does phone work better for the net than Verizon router? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-12-06 18:15 +0000
                Re: Does phone work better for the net than Verizon router? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-12-06 16:39 +0000
          Re: Does phone work better for the net than Verizon router? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2022-12-06 13:05 -0500
      Re: Does phone work better for the net than Verizon router? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-12-05 03:12 +0000
    Re: Does phone work better for the net than Verizon router? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2022-12-05 09:55 -0500
  Re: Does phone work better for the net than Verizon router? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2022-12-04 22:25 +0100
    Re: Does phone work better for the net than Verizon router? sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2022-12-04 16:39 -0600
      Re: Does phone work better for the net than Verizon router? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2022-12-04 20:04 -0500
        Re: Does phone work better for the net than Verizon router? sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2022-12-05 10:29 -0600

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