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Old Feb 10, 2006 | 2:42 pm
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Originally Posted by Tennisbum
Enormous thanks, murphy,

Eyesight is lousy (very strong bifocals).

By adding a magnifying glass to the mix and with the aid of the helpful diagrams you linked, I have determined that I have a crossover ethernet cable.

So I guess if I want to connect my laptop to a modem or, physically, to my router, I'll need to get another ethernet cable (preferably type A).

Or, if I want to use the laptop's internal modem in Europe, I'll need to get an adapter for the modem-cable (telephone-type) that came with the laptop. (Laptop just arrived yesterday and I've only gotten as far as opening the box, so I'm just figuring out what's there.)
Chances are you will not need a telephone adapter, normally the wall sockets can be different country to country, but if you unplug the cable at the 'phone end it "should" plug directly into your laptop
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