What is this

[Jskn]

Is this a phone or a Ethernet port?  

[astranger200]

phone

[Godlygamer23]

It's a phone jack for DSL or dial-up.

[Jskn]

Ok great... So what is a good network card for gaming that is not expensive

 

[Jskn]

1 minute ago, Godlygamer23 said:

It's a phone jack for DSL or dial-up.

Just doing this so you can see

[Godlygamer23]

2 minutes ago, Jskn said:

Ok great... So what is a good network card for gaming that is not expensive

Whatever comes with your board is fine.

[Jskn]

Just now, Godlygamer23 said:

Whatever comes with your board is fine.

I don't know if my board comes with one.  Asrock 970m pro3

[SeanAngelo]

9 minutes ago, Jskn said:

Is this a phone or a Ethernet port?  

phone

[Godlygamer23]

1 minute ago, Jskn said:

I don't know if my board comes with one.  Asrock 970m pro3

It comes with an integrated "network card." I can see the Ethernet port.

[Jskn]

Just now, Godlygamer23 said:

It comes with an integrated "network card." I can see the Ethernet port.

Ok thanks.  Guess wireless shouldn't be a problem

[Godlygamer23]

10 minutes ago, Jskn said:

Ok thanks.  Guess wireless shouldn't be a problem

Is that what you plan to use?

[SoftwareNinja]

Guess a phone line..

[Luc401]

Looks like a 6P6C which is a phone port, a Ethernet port is 8P6C

[brwainer]

13 hours ago, Luc401 said:

Looks like a 6P6C which is a phone port, a Ethernet port is 8P6C

A singl ephone line only uses 2 wires, so most phone jacks are 6P2C or 6P4C. There are times when 6P6C or 8P8C are used in phone jacks, mainly in offices where you want a very high density of phone lines per outlet. They do make business phones that can handle 4 analog lines at once. 

 

Ethernet always uses 2 or 4 pairs, so ethernet is always 8P4C or 8P8C. 

 

P means positions and C means Copper, as in how many positions actually have a wire in them.

 

Edit: original ethernet using 2 pairs was designed so you could have a phone line and an ethernet line in one connector. That is why when you look at 568A and 568B wiring diagrams, one of the pairs is split around the center pair. The center pair would be ised for a phone line in early building wiring so that a 6P2C phone cord plugged into the outlet would still be able to work.

[Luc401]

1 minute ago, brwainer said:

A singl ephone line only uses 2 wires, so most phone jacks are 6P2C or 6P4C. There are times when 6P6C or 8P8C are used in phone jacks, mainly in offices where you want a very high density of phone lines per outlet. They do make business phones that can handle 4 analog lines at once. 

 

Ethernet always uses 2 or 4 pairs, so ethernet is always 8P4C or 8P8C. 

 

P means positions and C means Copper, as in how many positions actually have a wire in them.

I fully agree, 8P8C is also used for VOIP.

[brwainer]

2 minutes ago, Luc401 said:

I fully agree, 8P8C is also used for VOIP.

8P8C is used for VOIP because all VOIP phones are using ethernet and usually IPv4.