Question : ADSL USB Modem to Ethernet LAN

Hi,
I have just configured a Fujitsu FDX310 ADSL modem from OneTel using a BT line.  It plugs into a PC with a USB male plug and works fine on Broadband with one PC.

I also have a LinkSys BEFW11S4 Broadband 4 port Ethernet Router/Switch with Wireless access around which I wish to create my LAN.  This also works fine as a Hub with PCs attached.

The missing link is that I wish to find a way to feed the WAN port on the LinkSys Router from the ADSL modem so that all PCs on the LAN have Broadband access. For this I will need a device that has a USB female port and an RJ45 port and is capable of passing all TCP/IP traffic at 11 Mbit/sec in both directions as well as providing a power supply to the ADSL modem.

I have emailed and called various network component suppliers and drawn a blank. Surely someone must have done this?

Many thanks for any pointers for obtaining or building one of these.

John

Answer : ADSL USB Modem to Ethernet LAN

Typically you would need a driver on your PC to make something like this work.  In other words, it's going to need special software to formulate the correct signals to tell it when there is transmission as well as how it will translate signals into the correct reception etc.  I think you are pretty limited here.  I have heard of devices that do the opposite (USB device for the computer to act as a NIC), but I think the reverse is basically impossible.  You should probably look into using a PC as a router or using ICS etc.