Im setting up a network in my basement and need a router down here because the modem is upstairs. I only have 1 cable long enough to reach down here so i figured "ill get a router and split the connection to all 3 computers". So i bought a netgear router and it didnt create internet for some reason. It did however create a LAN between the 3 computers, as i was able to play a multiplayer game between them. But no internet. I figured that it was the router so i went to radioshak and bought a linksys 4 port standard router. I got it and set it up exactly as the wizard told me to do. Again tho the internet is not available where as a LAN is. Also i know the chord running down from the modem works as it will give internet to watever computer i plug it into. Maybe i need a special chord? its a standard Cat 5e ethernet.
2007-08-16
07:06:11
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Mark S
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