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Setting up a modem without an ethernet connection on a computer
Netgear's setup instructions call for connecting the modem to my computer with an ethernet cable. My computer is MacBook Pro without an ethernet port. How can I get around this?
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> Netgear's setup instructions call for connecting the modem to my
> computer with an ethernet cable. My computer is MacBook Pro without an
> ethernet port. How can I get around this?
The easy way might be to obtain (borrow, buy, rent, steal, ...) acomputer with an Ethernet port, or else get an Ethernet adapter for your
(unspecified) MacBook Pro.I have set up plenty of times without one via wifi. It does have its issues but can be managed if you know how. I love that you follow the guidelines though!!! At least someone reads before posting.
If you are keen on an ethernet cable you can source a wifi to ethernet adapter like antinode alluded too.
> [...] a wifi to ethernet adapter like antinode alluded too.
Actually, he was thinking of a USB- or Thunderbolt-to-Ethernet
adapter, like, say:
https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MD463LL/A/
But with a description like "MacBook Pro", I have little idea which
ports are available on it for expansion. (The last time I touched a
MacBook Pro (MacBookPro8,1, "Early 2011"?), it had an Ethernet port.)Yup. Typo. I should proofread before posting... Mind you, think of the possibilites!!!