Patent ID: 6633921
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: H02G,H04L

Abstract:
An intelligent network connecting apparatus for serving as a terminal of network, the intelligent network connecting apparatus comprising:a female Ethernet connector for receiving a male Ethernet connector to couple the intelligent network connecting apparatus with a computer; a female universal-serial-bus connector for receiving a male universal-serial-bus connector to couple the intelligent network connecting apparatus with the computer; a converting means coupling the female universal-serial-bus connector for converting signals in forms of between a universal-serial-bus standard and an Ethernet standard; and an auto-detecting switch coupling with the female Ethernet connector and the converting means, while the computer connects with the female universal-serial-bus connector to send an electric power Vcc and a reference potential GND to the auto-detecting switch, the auto-detecting switch connecting the computer to the network through the converting means automatical, or while the computer connects with the female Ethernet connector, the auto-detecting switch connecting the computer to the network.