Re: connecting laptop to desktop cable modem

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You should explain in more detail.

Has it ever worked with this configuration?
Did you have another system getting access before?
Do you have an account with your ISP?
Set-up disk from ISP?

Support number for ISP ?

Dave



"Joan" <Joan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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i have my laptop connected to my cable modem directly with a usb cable.

"Jim" wrote:


"Joan" <Joan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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how do i get my laptop on line
Add a router which you place after the cable modem but before all of your
computers.
Connect the desktop to the router with an ethernet cable.
Insert the router setup CD into the desktop and let it configure the
router
and the desktop for internet use.
Finally, you can connect the laptop to the router via an ethernet cable
or
via wireless. Wireless is more flexible but less reliable.

The Network Setup Wizard can create a disk which will do most of the
setup
of your laptop and, this is most important, the disk will insure that the
basic setup of the computers are consistent.

However, configuring the wireless interface on your laptop depends on the
manufacturer. Most of them have a setup disk which will walk you through
the process. The reason for such a special disk is that the Wireless
Network Setup Wizard cannot setup many of the wireless adapter.

Be sure to enable WAP encryption on the wireless signals unless you don't
mind your neighbors using your access to the outside world. WAP
encryption
employs a key (which you get from the router), and entering this key
correctly can be very tedious.

I spent about an hour getting wireless networking going, and about 55
minutes were spent getting the key correct.

Jim





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