On Sat, 21 Nov 2015 11:28:39 -0800, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:

On Sat, 21 Nov 2015 13:42:11 -0500, Micky
wrote:

One more question.

Sigh.

This is the price you pay for your earlier sarcasm.

If I couldnt' find a power supply for the router, until I bought a new
one, could I have just unplugged the wire from the DSL modem to the
router and plugged it into the computer? The only thing I'm doing
wirelessly now is print, and I don't print very often.

Yes. 5V from the computer is the same as 5v from the Dlink wall wart.

No, no 5v at all. I mean eliminating the router and going straight
from the DSL modem to the network card in the computer. That's the
default, isn't it? It's only been 8 years but I can't remember.

I have a cable with a Molex connector to adapt from the disk drive
power connectors to some power plugs and cables that I hacked off some
dead wall warts. This kludge makes a handy adapter cable for exactly
what you're doing. I've used it when a customers wall wart dies, and
I need something temporary until I can either fix or replace the
original wall wart. If you can find the right size power plug, it
should work.

This idea kept popping in my head and then disappearing.

You probably have a black hole in your head.

Maybe I can get some Gorilla Tape. It's black too so it won't show
that much.

Black holes will suck
both good and bad ideas equally so don't use the prevalence or
disappearance of the idea as a figure of merit.