Way OT: Internet Connection

[Slynky]

BTW, router and hub are not the same thing. Hubs are just cheap ways of setting up a home network. Usually through IPX (preferred) or IP.

Routers do much more and if you have 3 PCs that connect to the internet through one cable connection, it's pretty certain it's a router.

[Slynky]

I just read your post again and you refer to it as a hub. There must be a model number on it somewhere. Linksys is a good component. Linksys and Netgear are, IMO, the best two for the home. Get the model number off it and post it here.

[Grandpa Kim]

Slynky, the model number is NH1005,V2

I was unclear about "View Network Connections". I do have "My Network Places". When I right click on it I get these:

Open
Explore
Search for Computers ...
System Information (a Norton utility)
Map Network Drive
Disconnect Network Drive
Create Shortcut
Delete
Rename
Properties

...but no "view network connections" or "local area connections"

Double clicking on My Network Places or clicking on Open, Explore or Properties give the same result. The tree looks like this

Add network places
Network setup wizard
Entire Network
-Microsoft Terminal Services
-Microsoft Windows network
--Home
-Web client network

MS Terminal and Web client are empty. Home cannot even find my own computer.

[Slynky]

Sorry, Kim...MY BAD.

Right-click, then choose properties. THEN you will see what I was talking about in the earlier message.

(hate it when I do that)

[Grandpa Kim]

No, I understood you, the selection I need simply is not there.

But...

Halleluya!!!

I did some more digging. Control panel-- Network Connections takes me where I need to go. The IP address was indeed manually set. I did indeed change it to auto. It does indeed now grant me admission to the world wide web!!!

Thanks everyone! I couldn't'a done it without you.

[Slynky]

Originally posted by Grandpa Kim:
No, I understood you, the selection I need simply is not there.

But...

Halleluya!!!

I did some more digging. Control panel-- Network Connections takes me where I need to go. The IP address was indeed manually set. I did indeed change it to auto. It does indeed now grant me admission to the world wide web!!!

Thanks everyone! I couldn't'a done it without you.

I suspect thanks to Geo more than me.

All's well that ends well

Glad to have you "back".

[Cipher7071]

Edit:
Never mind, I'm a doofus. I was reading the other page when I decided to post. Doesn't matter now.

[ February 29, 2004, 13:46: Message edited by: Cipher7071 ]