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How to hook up DSL ? george41407 09-17-07
Posted by on September 17, 2007, 5:08 am
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I just asked in a previous question about the Power supply ATX_12v
plug on a P IV computer. Since we will need to buy another power
supply, and that means amil ordering it (rural area without computer
parts stores), there will be a delay. This is for a friend because
since her power supply died, she cant go online.

She needs to be online for business, so I am going to lend her my
space computer, which is a Pentium 266. With Windows 98SE installed.
Yea, it's slow, but she just needs to get email so that should work
till her parts come.

The problem is that she has DSL internet. I dont have DSL in my area
so I have never even touched a DSL setup. I just use my 56K dialup
modem. Her DSL box (is that a special modem, or what?), connected to
her dead computer via a cable that is connected to a plug on ger
computer that is labelled ETHERNET. My old computer has an ethernet
card with that same plug. So, I believe as far as hardware we are ok.

So, I plug in all the cables, and then what? I dont have a faintest
clue what to do. I could get a dialup connection working in minutes,
but I have no idea how to set up the DSL. She had someone from a
computer store connect the DSL to her Pentium IV with XP on it, and
she paid a fortune to get that hooked up. I am just doing her a favor
an it's only for a week or so. If only I knew what to do. Remember,
this is for Win98SE.

Can anyone help?

Thanks

George


Posted by Phisherman on September 17, 2007, 6:14 am
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DSL is not always the same setup. Some setups don't use a DSL "modem"
at all, but most do. Some use an internal "modem," others an external
modem. There are just too many variations to deal with here.
Sometimes DSL won't work at all for some locations due to distance or
interferences. Go to the company that you signed up with and they
will have instructions and free technical support to get you "sinked
up."



On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 04:08:54 -0500, george41407@noemail.com wrote:

>I just asked in a previous question about the Power supply ATX_12v
>plug on a P IV computer. Since we will need to buy another power
>supply, and that means amil ordering it (rural area without computer
>parts stores), there will be a delay. This is for a friend because
>since her power supply died, she cant go online.
>
>She needs to be online for business, so I am going to lend her my
>space computer, which is a Pentium 266. With Windows 98SE installed.
>Yea, it's slow, but she just needs to get email so that should work
>till her parts come.
>
>The problem is that she has DSL internet. I dont have DSL in my area
>so I have never even touched a DSL setup. I just use my 56K dialup
>modem. Her DSL box (is that a special modem, or what?), connected to
>her dead computer via a cable that is connected to a plug on ger
>computer that is labelled ETHERNET. My old computer has an ethernet
>card with that same plug. So, I believe as far as hardware we are ok.
>
>So, I plug in all the cables, and then what? I dont have a faintest
>clue what to do. I could get a dialup connection working in minutes,
>but I have no idea how to set up the DSL. She had someone from a
>computer store connect the DSL to her Pentium IV with XP on it, and
>she paid a fortune to get that hooked up. I am just doing her a favor
>an it's only for a week or so. If only I knew what to do. Remember,
>this is for Win98SE.
>
>Can anyone help?
>
>Thanks
>
>George
>

Posted by Geoff Pearson on September 17, 2007, 12:31 pm
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>I just asked in a previous question about the Power supply ATX_12v
> plug on a P IV computer. Since we will need to buy another power
> supply, and that means amil ordering it (rural area without computer
> parts stores), there will be a delay. This is for a friend because
> since her power supply died, she cant go online.
>
> She needs to be online for business, so I am going to lend her my
> space computer, which is a Pentium 266. With Windows 98SE installed.
> Yea, it's slow, but she just needs to get email so that should work
> till her parts come.
>
> The problem is that she has DSL internet. I dont have DSL in my area
> so I have never even touched a DSL setup. I just use my 56K dialup
> modem. Her DSL box (is that a special modem, or what?), connected to
> her dead computer via a cable that is connected to a plug on ger
> computer that is labelled ETHERNET. My old computer has an ethernet
> card with that same plug. So, I believe as far as hardware we are ok.
>
> So, I plug in all the cables, and then what? I dont have a faintest
> clue what to do. I could get a dialup connection working in minutes,
> but I have no idea how to set up the DSL. She had someone from a
> computer store connect the DSL to her Pentium IV with XP on it, and
> she paid a fortune to get that hooked up. I am just doing her a favor
> an it's only for a week or so. If only I knew what to do. Remember,
> this is for Win98SE.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks
>
> George
>

An Ethernet connection should just work - without any further to-do. Have
you tried browsing for a website? You might have to turn on the Ethernet
port in your BIOS - at start-up.



Posted by John Weiss on September 17, 2007, 1:36 pm
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>
> She needs to be online for business, so I am going to lend her my
> space computer, which is a Pentium 266. With Windows 98SE installed.
>
> The problem is that she has DSL internet. I dont have DSL in my area
> so I have never even touched a DSL setup. I just use my 56K dialup
> modem. Her DSL box (is that a special modem, or what?), connected to
> her dead computer via a cable that is connected to a plug on ger
> computer that is labelled ETHERNET. My old computer has an ethernet
> card with that same plug. So, I believe as far as hardware we are ok.
>
> So, I plug in all the cables, and then what? I dont have a faintest
> clue what to do. I could get a dialup connection working in minutes,
> but I have no idea how to set up the DSL.

As long as the current Win98 installation on the old computer can see the
Ethernet port, there should be no inherent problem. You should be able to
simply plug the Ethernet cable from the DSL modem into the computer.

However, some ISPs limit the DSL/cable service to the MAC address of the
specific Ethernet card that is originally hooked up to the DSL/cable modem. If
that is the case, you may have to call the ISP and have them remove that lock
or change the MAC address to the one on the replacement computer.



Posted by Andy on September 17, 2007, 10:28 pm
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On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 04:08:54 -0500, george41407@noemail.com wrote:

>I just asked in a previous question about the Power supply ATX_12v
>plug on a P IV computer. Since we will need to buy another power
>supply, and that means amil ordering it (rural area without computer
>parts stores), there will be a delay. This is for a friend because
>since her power supply died, she cant go online.
>
>She needs to be online for business, so I am going to lend her my
>space computer, which is a Pentium 266. With Windows 98SE installed.
>Yea, it's slow, but she just needs to get email so that should work
>till her parts come.
>
>The problem is that she has DSL internet. I dont have DSL in my area
>so I have never even touched a DSL setup. I just use my 56K dialup
>modem. Her DSL box (is that a special modem, or what?), connected to
>her dead computer via a cable that is connected to a plug on ger
>computer that is labelled ETHERNET. My old computer has an ethernet
>card with that same plug. So, I believe as far as hardware we are ok.
>
>So, I plug in all the cables, and then what? I dont have a faintest
>clue what to do. I could get a dialup connection working in minutes,
>but I have no idea how to set up the DSL. She had someone from a
>computer store connect the DSL to her Pentium IV with XP on it, and
>she paid a fortune to get that hooked up. I am just doing her a favor
>an it's only for a week or so. If only I knew what to do. Remember,
>this is for Win98SE.
>
>Can anyone help?

Open a command prompt window, and execute ipconfig /all
to see if the lan interface acquired an ip address.
>
>Thanks
>
>George
>

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