Connecting to the Internet with XP

[Guest]

I'm having no luck connecting my sister's computer to the internet. The way
it's set up in our house is this - there's a room in the basement with the
cable modem, which connects to a hub, which in turn connects to another
device that sends the connection to all the jacks in different rooms in the
house. I know the jack in my sister's room works because I've successfully
connected to the internet using my mom's laptop, which happens to be an Apple.

Anyways, the blinking green lights on her ethernet card are visible, but XP
always says there is limited or no connectivity. What's the setting that I'm
missing? I really can't figure this one out.

 

[Anando [MVP]]

Hello,

You need a router if you want to have multiple computers on the network sharing the same internet
connection. The router gives separate I addresses to the different machine. A hub does not do that.
Hence you see the "limited connection" icon because its not getting a valid IP address from the ISP
DHCP. Thats my best guess.

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[Guest]

Thanks for your reply. Interesting idea, especially since my mom's Mac G4
laptop was hooked directly up the jack and worked fine. I run a G5 desktop
which I also have hooked up directly to the wall jack with no trouble.

Other than that, I do have two wireless routers set up in different parts of
the house. Mac and Windows laptops connect to those without any trouble.

 

[BigJim]

could be an improper password or something else in the setup.
You may have to repair the network. Probably something like that.