how do I hook-up my Router to Modem to my laptop???

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Ok, first of all I am not too computer literate so please forgive me in
advance. Thank you. Now my problem is I have a laptop. No other computer in
my home. I have it hooked up in my spare room(office) in my home. I would
like to be able to take my laptop into another room in my home to surf the
net. I bought a linsky 2.4GHz broadband router and I also have a Motorolla
modem by the way I also have a linsky wireless card inserted. I am unsure how
to hook the router and modem and I have actually connected them every which
way I could think of to no avail. What is ethernet? Do I need that connected?
I have DSL (the cable that goes from the wall) ok, i'm not that dumb,yes I am
HELP!!! please. Thank you

 

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This is best answered in the microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless news group...or the DSL
Reports Linksys forums...

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/linksys

With that said, basically you need to make sure the network SSID and WEP/WPA (depending on what
encryption method your using) keys match on both the laptop and the wireless access point/router.
Consult the manufacturers support web site, the Users Guides, etc for help with that... For general
help look at these links...

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/support/wireless_encrypt.htm
http://www.warewolflabs.com/portfolio/programming/wepskg/wepskg.html

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"pammie poopie" <pammiepoopie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AEC2B005-857D-456B-83D5-33EA4DD8FC18@microsoft.com...
> Ok, first of all I am not too computer literate so please forgive me in
> advance. Thank you. Now my problem is I have a laptop. No other computer in
> my home. I have it hooked up in my spare room(office) in my home. I would
> like to be able to take my laptop into another room in my home to surf the
> net. I bought a linsky 2.4GHz broadband router and I also have a Motorolla
> modem by the way I also have a linsky wireless card inserted. I am unsure how
> to hook the router and modem and I have actually connected them every which
> way I could think of to no avail. What is ethernet? Do I need that connected?
> I have DSL (the cable that goes from the wall) ok, i'm not that dumb,yes I am
> HELP!!! please. Thank you