Win 2000 internet connection

[summitlt]

Im trying to get internet to my Win2K laptop. I also have a WINXp
machine in the house.

Here is my setup.

-Modem (broadband) goes to port 1 on the hub.
-One cable goes from hub to Desktop (WinXP)
-One cable goes from hub to Laptop (Win2K)

Desktop box has no problems gettting online and everything else.

Laptop doesnt work, the "Local Area Connection" says connected, as does
the desktop. But the laptop doesnt connect to the internet.

What am I doing wrong? IP address in Lan is set to automatic.

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Unless your ISP allows you to use multiple connections you'll probably need
to replace the hub with a router.

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[summitlt]

So, found out my ISP only allows one connection unless I upgrade to a
faster service.

By going to a broadband router I can get around this?

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Yep. The broadband router gets the one available connection and shares it
out to the computers on your network.

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[Guest]

Hi,

I think you can set up a small home network with this one service.
Firstly connect your broadband modem in to your desktop pc (you can also do
it in otherway around).then run the small home network set up wizard on both
computers follow the steps accordingly.When you finish I suppose You can
share your internet connection on both the computers.
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