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Hello.
To keep a long story short I brought my old laptop to my friends (Dell inspiron 1300, running XP). But he did not have a wireless router, so instead I tried using a bog standard ethernet connection.
Though the ethernet port lights recognise the connection (as did the router). I could not get on the internet.
In "Show all connections" all remained was the existing wireless connection (from when I use it normally), but no Local Connection.
I here you may need a cd from the internet provider to set this up. Which they usually recommend. Though since my friend no longer has it (and a waste of time), I just wanted to know if my laptop needs ethernet drivers of some sort? Or can you download a generic programme which allows you to connect to any ethernet connection and surf the web?
Cheers
To keep a long story short I brought my old laptop to my friends (Dell inspiron 1300, running XP). But he did not have a wireless router, so instead I tried using a bog standard ethernet connection.
Though the ethernet port lights recognise the connection (as did the router). I could not get on the internet.
In "Show all connections" all remained was the existing wireless connection (from when I use it normally), but no Local Connection.
I here you may need a cd from the internet provider to set this up. Which they usually recommend. Though since my friend no longer has it (and a waste of time), I just wanted to know if my laptop needs ethernet drivers of some sort? Or can you download a generic programme which allows you to connect to any ethernet connection and surf the web?
Cheers