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help with netbook connection
Hi, this is my first posting on here and I really need some advise. I have a dell mini netbook ( or I will have later, DHL tracking said its "out for delivery" :) I have bought it only as a "backup" in case my pc ever breaks down. Last time I waited 6 weeks for Comet to repair it and bring it back! and I HATE being without my pc! :dozey:. So am I right in thinking that all I need to do when I want to use the netbook is just plug the ethernet cable from the back of the pc into the netbook and I am connected to the internet?Or is there more to it than that. I don't need to go wireless as I said before the netbook is only for a back up.Please advise, thanks.
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do you have a router? if so the answer is yes just plug the ethernet in
In the unlikely event you do not you will need to power cycle the modem |
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Hi zing, is a router the same as a modem? ( I'm a bit thick when it comes to all the technical stuff) I have a cable modem Virgin sent me when it took over fron ntl who I was with at the time. Will it work with that? And how would I power up modem if I needed to.
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no a router is not the same as a modem. do you just have one box with the cable going to this and another to the pc with nothing in between? if so then its just a modem and you will need to reboot it when you change machines connected.
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No, nothing in between so I must just have a modem ( I'll kill that flamin' lad at Comet who told me a modem and router were the same thing!) So, will I still be able to connect the netbook to the internet? Could you tell me step by step what I need to do please? Sorry for being a pain but the more info I google the more confused I get! :confused:
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When you want to connect your netbook instead of your PC:
1. Switch off the PC 2. Unplug the modem from the mains 3. Switch off the netbook 4. Unplug the ethernet from the back of the PC and plug into netbook 5. Plug modem back into mains 6. Wait a couple of minutes 7. Switch netbook on All should now be well. |
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You will be able to connect to the internet just by, powering down the modem, taking the ethernet out of the pc and plugging it into the netbook, powering the modem back up, turning the netbook on..
Job Done. Just reverse the sequence when you want the pc back on line. Edit:::: What Rob said... |
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Wow, thanks for your help. So it really is as easy at that! Do I just need to do that same thing each time I want to use the netbook? which hopefully it won't be often as it is just a back up. I will let you know how I get on when it arrives :D thank you all once again.
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Yep.
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Hi again, I've just popped in to let you know that because of your help in explaining things so clearly my netbook is now up and running brilliantly!!:)It really was so easy. The only problem I had was the @ key....I just couldn't figure it out the the netbook keyboard, the keys are set out a bit differently to my "normal" keyboard. So I connected my "normal" keyboard and problem sorted ....great, and when I connected back to my PC everything was just as I left it ! :D so I am very happy. Thanks once again.
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I'm guessing that you have the wrong keyboard setup in Windows if you're having issues with the @ symbol - it wouldn't by any chance happen to be on the 2 (Shift + 2) where the " normally is would it?
If it is you need to go to into the control panel and tweak all your regional settings so that they're set to UK instead of (what I think you probably have at the moment) US. You'll find particularly that there is one there for the 'Input' device/settings, if you change this it should resolve your keyboard issue. Glad you're sorted (more or less) anyway :tu: :) |
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The connections look like a phone socket, but they are bigger. |
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Lesson learn't stear clear of PC World / Comet / Dixsons |
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Hi Rob, I already tried that, going to the control panel and changed from US to UK, but it doesn't really bother me that much because as the netbook is only going to be used in an emergency ie pc conking out :D and I prefer to use my normal keyboard and mouse with it anyway. I will set the netbook up again when I have more time and do I bit of tweaking to get it as I want it.
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Fair enough :tu: :)
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Hi, me again looking for more advice :rolleyes:.The netbook is working great and I've downloaded all the bits and bobs I wanted on it. Now I've got another question. Its a bit of a pain when I want to attach the ethernet cable from the back of the pc to the netbook, I have to move the tower from where it is and struggle to get to the back of it to unplug the ethernet cable.What I want to know is if there is some sort of "adaptor" I could use, like with one bit that plugs into the pc and it has 2 other ethernet bits for the pc and the netbook to go. Do you know what I mean? If there is such a thing could someone tell me what it is called, where I get it from and would it be compatable with my virgin cable modem, and what type of the second ethernet cable would I need. I hope you can understand all that! :D Thanks, oh and a Happy New Year to you all. :)
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I'm honestly thinking your best bet would be to buy some sort of switch/router.
You plug the switch/router into your Cable Modem and then run Ethernet cables from the switch/router to the PC and (as necesary) the netbook. This will enable you to just connect devices to the switch/router at will, changing which you're using to access the Internet or whatever, without having to power cycle everything. My recommendation would be something like this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Linksys-BEFS...2361116&sr=8-4 Not necesarily bought from Amazon, and not necessarily for that price. You should be able to just put that in place of your existing connection to the PC (following the same swap-over procedure as above) and then connect Ethernet cables to any devices that you fancy. That one doesn't have wireless, but if you wanted wireless you could get a wireless router and accomplish the same thing. |
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Hi Rob, thanks for your reply but I wasn't thinking of a router. I have found this http://www.amazon.co.uk/RJ45-Network...2366289&sr=1-1 this is what I was thinking of.Would it be suitable for what I want it for do you think?
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You would be best off with a router.
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You'd need to connect that to the modem, and then have an ethernet cable coming from each output to the two devices that you want to connect. In theory it should accomplish what you're trying to accomplish, obviously you a) wouldn't be able to have both devices connected and powered up at the same time or it would right royally screw things up, and b) would still have to power down each device and the Cable Modem before connecting the next one. Provided you're happy with those limitations (and you will start to find them limiting and irritating given time ;) ) you should be able to get it to work the way you're describing using that bit of kit. As Paul says though "You would be best off with a router" :D ---------- Post added at 18:04 ---------- Previous post was at 18:00 ---------- I know I'm repeating myself, but you would need to be very careful not to have the two devices connected both to the splitter at the same time - on the understanding that you're only planning on having one powered on and working at a time this should work. Better still, instead of unplugging the end that's at the PC why not just unplug the end of the cable that goes into the Cable Modem. Get yourself a second ethernet cable (Cat 5) and when you want to connect the netbook unplug the one from PC to Cable Modem at the end where it's connected to the Modem and then just plug your netbook in there directly. Saves you having to bugger around climbing behind the PC, I'm assuming access to the Cable Modem is less of a problem? ---------- Post added at 18:04 ---------- Previous post was at 18:04 ---------- Also, doing that saves you buying a splitter at all. |
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Thanks for replies Rob and Paul but I'm not bothered about limitations, as I said in my first post the netbook is only going to be used as a backup. With the splitter thingy I wont have to keep moving the tower to get to the back of it. Next question .....would this cable be suitable do you think? http://www.amazon.co.uk/30m-Professi...2368754&sr=1-3
---------- Post added at 18:25 ---------- Previous post was at 18:11 ---------- Thanks again Rob ( you're a star! :D) but I don't quite understand what you mean. Do you mean I can just unplug the cable from the actual modem and not from the tower? and plug a 2nd cable from modem into the laptop? If so, that would be bloody brilliant! :D Can you show me a link to what cable I will need and then I'll leave you in peace.....until next time :D |
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Yep you can uplug at the modem end, does the same job as unplugging at the tower end. All you are doing is changing how you swap the connected device. Not sure if you need patch or crossover for the modem to PC connection. One of the guys will tell you, not been with NTL for a loooooong time lol
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Modem to PC should just be a straightforward Cat 5 cable (any standard Etherne cable).
As Paul says, you're doing the same thing by unplugging at the Modem end as you are by unplugging at the PC, just in a different place ;) Example Cable: http://www.amazon.co.uk/AmazonBasics...T42Q6WAF6EB8MD Amazon will even gift wrap it for you if you like :D |
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Would this one be ok..it's longer http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ethernet-Str...2371613&sr=1-9
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Should be, but can I suggest this one as a compromise:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/AmazonBasics...ref=pd_cp_ce_2 At least this way you get the backing of having brought it from Amazon, rather than some bloke in a shed somewere -I would hope that at 15.2m (some 45 feet) it should be long enough for you :D |
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Ohhh yes! that will do just fine....you can't go wrong with a long one :D and free delivery! Will send for it after Emmerdale, Corrie and Eastenders :D Thanks again for your help Rob.
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.....and there was me thinking that length wasn't important.....ah well :D
Glad to be of assistance as always :) |
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;) :D
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