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Internet Connection ethernet doesn't work

#1 cozy_choco

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Posted 21 October 2007 - 10:26 AM

hi~~ i need help...

i connected my modem to my laptop through the ethernet cable and it doesnt work, but when i tried it with the usb it works... however.. i want to use the wireless...so i have to be able to connect the modem with the ethernet.. but i cant =.=.. any solutions? please help me....

#2 vinylswing

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Posted 21 October 2007 - 12:25 PM

Did you install the drivers for the modem and is the modem detected while you connect to it with a ethernet cable?

Did you mistakenly used a crossover cable instead of a ethernet cable? Both look similar.

#3 cozy_choco

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Posted 21 October 2007 - 02:57 PM

QUOTE(vinylswing @ Oct 21 2007, 04:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

no the modem wasnt detected while i connect the ethernet cable... i can connect to it fine with usb, but not ethernet. i was wondering that it might be my eternet adapter, but few months ago in the airport i connect the public internet through ethernet and it was fine..

#4 CK92842

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Posted 22 October 2007 - 11:08 PM

QUOTE(cozy_choco @ Oct 21 2007, 06:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I'm not sure if the LED on your notebook PC lights up but if does that's when you know it's securely connected. A PC in my home network which is pretty old had that very same problem until I shoved the ethernet cable all the way in. At one point I had to replace the connector because it had loosened.