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					Originally Posted by timmy toad  thanks friend, for having a look at my post, i reckon he has a very old Modem/router combined, it isnt wireless either. so there is only box to connect to/from.
 It is just a cable from the footpath outside with a branch off for his TV in the back of the house.
 
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 Did you have a look at the device itself? If so did it have only one ethernet port or a few? My knowledge does not go very far back but I believe the first combined modem/router to go onto either virgin or ntl's network was the virgin media hub only a few years ago.
If it only has one ethernet port then its most likely a modem and if your laptop connected to it (if your laptop is set to dhcp) does not work then you will need to get virgin out.