Collocations for connect - verb

directly
Downstairs toilets were connected directly to the drains.

physically
remotely, wirelessly
A classroom modem allows you to connect remotely to the server.
laptops that connect wirelessly to the Net

to
Connect the machine to the power supply.

with
A corridor connects his office with the main building.

closely, inextricably, intimately, seamlessly
Bad diet is closely connected with many common illnesses.

directly
loosely
Those details are only loosely connected to the plot.

causally
politically
emotionally

to
I was feeling alive and connected to nature.
I think Seb was connected to the murder.
The entire family is connected to the Mafia.

with
The police were looking for evidence to connect him with the crime.

Connect is used with these nouns as the subject:
bridge, cable, cord, corridor, door, hallway, line, link, operator, route, thread, tunnel

Connect is used with these nouns as the object:
battery, cable, device, end, modem, phone, pipe, printer, telephone, terminal, wire