My Zyxel 630-C1 ASDL modem has a USB 2.0 connector at the end of the output cable and my router is configured with ethernet ports only. How do I adapt the modem cable to ethernet. The modem has a funny looking female connector (kind of square with a large rectangular centering pin) on it so changing out the cable is not the easy answer (or is it?). Is there an adapter to convert the USB to ethernet?

Thanks in advance to all the techies of the world

My Zyxel 630-C1 ASDL modem has a USB 2.0 connector at the end of the output cable and my router is configured with ethernet ports only. How do I adapt the modem cable to ethernet. The modem has a funny looking female connector (kind of square with a large rectangular centering pin) on it so changing out the cable is not the easy answer (or is it?). Is there an adapter to convert the USB to ethernet?

Thanks in advance to all the techies of the world

So why not put a 400 baht ethernet adapter card in your computer?

Then just a double ended LAN cable.

puter has ethernet card and also I possess a double ended LAN cable, problem is connecting the modem to the router as stated in my OP.

Thanks for the effort to help.

My Zyxel 630-C1 ASDL modem has a USB 2.0 connector at the end of the output cable and my router is configured with ethernet ports only. How do I adapt the modem cable to ethernet. The modem has a funny looking female connector (kind of square with a large rectangular centering pin) on it so changing out the cable is not the easy answer (or is it?). Is there an adapter to convert the USB to ethernet?

Thanks in advance to all the techies of the world

So why not put a 400 baht ethernet adapter card in your computer?

Then just a double ended LAN cable.

My Zyxel 630-C1 ASDL modem has a USB 2.0 connector at the end of the output cable and my router is configured with ethernet ports only. How do I adapt the modem cable to ethernet. The modem has a funny looking female connector (kind of square with a large rectangular centering pin) on it so changing out the cable is not the easy answer (or is it?). Is there an adapter to convert the USB to ethernet?

Thanks in advance to all the techies of the world

That modem is designed to allow quick ADSL setup by using a USB port (funny looking connector?) and not an ethernet port. The drivers with are also meant to support it and converting it to ethernet is unlikely to work. You are saying you have a separate hardware router? Your purpose is to be able to attach more then one computer to the Internet through the router?

The only way I can see doing it is use one computer with the Zyxel ADSL modem as the router and use the ethernet port attached to a ethernet switch (4-5 port around 800baht) then configure the computer to be the router.

One cable on the Zyxel is the USB connector, the other is the phone line connector.

Not possible!

An ADSL modem with USB connection often lacks the hardware to control the PPPOE protocols etc, hence this is done by software on your PC.

Meaning the modem can't work autonomously, but only with the help of the pc it's connected to...

I think the simplest answer is...

If you want to connect your router to your broadband, you either need a different ADSL Modem with at least one ethernet port on it (probably the easiest option), or you need to set up a PC to act as a gateway, passing traffic from the router to the modem.

I would probably only advise you go the PC route if you specifically want to set up a spare PC with something like monowall or smoothwall to protect your home network. (Assuming you can find a linux driver for the USB modem.)

Buy an all in one ADSL router / Switch / Wireless access point - less cabling , less power, less hassle. They're cheap commodity hardware now , I bought a Linksys one yesterday at Fortune Town for 2600b.