Plug the cable into the motherboard socket.

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And that there was no longer any difference between what once had been my father and the table he was lying on, or the floor on which the table stood, or the wall socket beneath the window, or the cable running to the lamp beside him.

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Users connect the adapter via an Ethernet cable to a router, and then plug the adapter into a wall socket.

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Next, the user plugs the second adapter into any other wall socket, and then connects it to a device via a second cable.

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The box will still ship with a micro-USB to USB cable in the box, allowing the handset to plug into a deskbound computer or a mains charger with a USB socket.

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