connecting laptop to desktop cable modem

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Joan said:
how do i get my laptop on line
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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
 
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 said:
how do i get my laptop on line? i have my laptop connected to my cable modem
directly with a usb cable.
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The best solution, in the long run, would be to stop using the cable
modem's USB output and to connect the cable modem's Ethernet output
to a broadband router. The router would give Internet access to both
computers.

If the cable modem doesn't have an Ethernet output and you can only
use a USB output:

1. Connect the laptop and desktop computers to each other using
Ethernet.

2. Enable Internet Connection Sharing on the desktop's USB cable modem
connection:

a. Right-click the USB cable modem connection.
b. Click Properties > Advanced.
c. Put a check mark in the "Internet Connection Sharing" box.
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