--- Paul Breeze wrote:
Under newworks and connections I have a LAN set up
but that is the ADSL
USB modem again. And no, there is nothing that
looks like a phone jack
but slightly larger, or if there is I've never
noticed.
That does sound odd. I think Patricia's point is
generally correct: for the last couple years or more,
it seems as though it would be extremely difficult (if
possible at all) to find a barebones motherboard that
does NOT have all kinds of embedded device chips --
video, sound, LAN etc. -- whether you wanted them or
not. I've periodically been looking for one --
preferably Asus or MSI, and that may be a factor --
without success, and I'm doing so again now, even
going so far as to look at 2 year old models that I'd
probably have to buy from someone on Ebay.