loki316

i have just bought my laptop, and assumed that i could just stick my broadband connection staright into my laptop, but when i do, all it says is that i have little or no connectivity.

any help solving?? the broadband is via ethernet by the way

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AMD Sempron 3000+, 2.16GHz CPU, RAM 256MB
Hard Drive 40GB, Display 15 inch TFT display, Video Chipset SiS M760GX, DVD/CDRW, WinXP Home

3 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 PIN USB Type A
1 x modem - phone line -RJ-11
1 x network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX - RJ-45
1 x display / video - VGA - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15)