Introduction:
Well, I'm a shy person, so I haven't talked my ISP for help yet. I hear they have bad customer service though...(Comcast)
Anyways, my situation is that I have this Windows ME and the last time I used it was a year ago because something happened and I pretty much freaked out.
(A year later, I've matured extremely and looking through the files on the old computer makes me wonder how I was that stupid.)
Situation/Debrief:
The problem is that my computer won't connect to the internet with the broadband my brother is paying for monthly. Pretty much there is a router with three wires, one that connects to "linksys"(a wireless router), a wire that connects to the wall(Network), and a wire that connects to a power outlet.
From the wireless router is the one wire connecting to the router, one wire connecting to the power outlet, and the last one connects to the computer modem(Compaq Windows ME).
I don't know the prefixes and abbreviations for a lot of internet terms and looking them up only furthers my confusion. Now, I'm guessing the wire that connects from the wireless router(linksys) to my computer modem is called a ethernet cable, amirite?
Tried Solutions:
I searched a lot, but comcast seems to have lost their entire database on their FAQ section. The best guide I found was this:
http://www.nova.edu/help/internet/ethernet/win95.html
but I tried it with the existing Ethernet Adapter(so I'm pretty sure its a ethernet) and a new one I configured, but no luck.
I tried going to IE and tabbing to Tools>Internet Options>Connections>Setup and tried setting up a LAN(whatever that is >.>), but no progress.
By typing "winipcfg /all" into run, it actually shows that it detects my internet connection and I can renew the licenses directly, yet I still can't connect to the internet. What's going on?
~Cheers, and I hope I posted this in the right section.
Well, I'm a shy person, so I haven't talked my ISP for help yet. I hear they have bad customer service though...(Comcast)
Anyways, my situation is that I have this Windows ME and the last time I used it was a year ago because something happened and I pretty much freaked out.
(A year later, I've matured extremely and looking through the files on the old computer makes me wonder how I was that stupid.)
Situation/Debrief:
The problem is that my computer won't connect to the internet with the broadband my brother is paying for monthly. Pretty much there is a router with three wires, one that connects to "linksys"(a wireless router), a wire that connects to the wall(Network), and a wire that connects to a power outlet.
From the wireless router is the one wire connecting to the router, one wire connecting to the power outlet, and the last one connects to the computer modem(Compaq Windows ME).
I don't know the prefixes and abbreviations for a lot of internet terms and looking them up only furthers my confusion. Now, I'm guessing the wire that connects from the wireless router(linksys) to my computer modem is called a ethernet cable, amirite?
Tried Solutions:
I searched a lot, but comcast seems to have lost their entire database on their FAQ section. The best guide I found was this:
http://www.nova.edu/help/internet/ethernet/win95.html
but I tried it with the existing Ethernet Adapter(so I'm pretty sure its a ethernet) and a new one I configured, but no luck.
I tried going to IE and tabbing to Tools>Internet Options>Connections>Setup and tried setting up a LAN(whatever that is >.>), but no progress.
By typing "winipcfg /all" into run, it actually shows that it detects my internet connection and I can renew the licenses directly, yet I still can't connect to the internet. What's going on?
~Cheers, and I hope I posted this in the right section.
