want to setup wifi router to use my p.c's internet account for my laptop. please guide me on this?

Question

i have an internet account on my p.c. running on windows 98.
just recently bought a laptop and a lynksis wifi router to use the internet on that.
i have taken the ethernet "out" from my pc *(which already has the internet connection- the isp has some sort of dialer) and put it into the routher.
i intend to use the net from my laptop through the router which will recieve the connection from the p.c which has the connection. and broadcast it so i can use it on the laptop.

it dosent seem to work.

if anu one has tried this and is successful please guide me.

thank you.

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Answer 1

Uh... your isp has a dialer? You have DSL? The way most broadband internet companies work nowadays is to give you a line that connects to a modem, which then connects to your computer. If you want to use a router, you place the ethernet cable that connects the modem to your router instead (normally into the WAN port). Then, place another ethernet from your router (ports 1-4 or 1-8, depending on how big of a router you have) to your computer of choice. You can use more cables to connect more computers.