Router help ?

jamjar · 9 Feb 2007 at 17:06

Hi All i am in need of help ,i,m going to be getting a new motherboard ,and i want to get a broadband router with a built in ADSL modem.Can you tell me if most boards have the Ethernet conection on the board ? :confused:

Barrington · 9 Feb 2007 at 17:09

Yup. Ethernet ports are the standard on all motherboards - gigabit ones now.

iBot · 9 Feb 2007 at 17:11

yup most motherboards have included ethernet since 2001 now.

jamjar · 9 Feb 2007 at 17:13

Barrington said:
Yup. Ethernet ports are the standard on all motherboards - gigabit ones now.

right so there is no need for a network card then ? :confused:

Ripper · 9 Feb 2007 at 17:14

just check the spec before you buy the motherboard, it'll tell you

iBot · 9 Feb 2007 at 17:16

jamjar said:
right so there is no need for a network card then ?

ethernet is a network card

look here

http://www.dfi.com.tw/Product/xx_pr....jsp?PRODUCT_ID=3471&CATEGORY_TYPE=LP&SITE=US

my motherboard

LAN

# Dual Gigabit LAN - Vitesse VSC8201 Gigabit Phy and Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit PCI
# Fully compliant to IEEE 802.3 (10BASE-T), 802.3u (100BASE-TX) and 802.3ab (1000BASE-T) standards

it has 2 ports on the back, i could use ether to connect to my router.