How do i connect the adaptor to my computer?

It would seem that the modem has only one ip address to offer. The switch won't allocate ip addresses to everything, for that you will need a cheap router. Install, enable DHCP and Away you go!

Good luck. Hope this helped.

Mark Vincent

Connecting Multiple Computers
thru a router to internet






Tips on choosing the right network can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/setup/install.mspx





Since you said there are other computer in the house I assume they will all
go thru the router. I also assume you are using ethernet to connect the new
computer so it will be a "wired" connection. A rounter can also have wireless
connections if the other computers have wireless internet on the other
computers.



To connect more than one computer to the Internet, you need a router.
A router allows you to connect several computers to each other and to the
Internet. The router sits between your computers and the modem provided by your
ISP. You connect the router to the modem, and then connect all your computers to
the router.

To connect a router and multiple computers to the
Internet

Contact an Internet service provider (ISP) and have them configure
an Internet connection to your home. If possible, have the ISP place the modem
in the room with your primary computer.

Connect your router to your modem in one of the two following
ways:

If you currently have a computer connected directly to your
modem: Unplug the network cable from the back of your computer, and
plug it into the port labeled Internet, WAN,
or WLAN on the back of your router.

If you don't currently have your computer connected to the
Internet: Plug one end of a network cable (included with your router)
into your modem, and the other end of the network cable into the
Internet, WAN, or WLAN port
on your router.

Plug in your router. After a minute or two, the Internet, WAN, or WLAN light
on your router should light up, indicating that it has successfully connected to
your modem.




Determine whether your computer has a network adapter, and add one if
necessary. Instructions to determine if you have a network adaptor or to install
a Network adaptor can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/setup/netadapter.mspx



Shut down your computer by clicking Start and then clicking
Turn Off Computer. Then click Turn Off.



Connect the network cable to your computer's network adapter.






Connect the other end of the network cable to your network equipment.






Start your computer and log on to Windows. Windows automatically detects that
you are connected to the Internet.

Repeat steps 6, 7, and 8 for each one of your computers. If you have a
computer in a different room you can find instructions at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/setup/wired.m

A network adaptor is an interface device that allows your PC to communicate with other computers and the internet. There are wireless and wired adaptors.

Wireless adaptors usually connect your PC to the network through a wireless router and modem. Wired adaptors (also known as ethernet adaptors) connect your PC to another computer, a router or a modem using a cable.

Regards,

Yavacotech

Try power cycling it by unplugging the power, plugging it back in, and waiting till it reboots. If this does not work, and it is an internet modem, check to see if it has a router (wireless or wired) connected directly to it. If it doesn't, then you may have multiple peripherals or computers/internet devices attached to it that want IP addresses. The modem cannot give them IP addresses, so you need a router to do that!

First: Connect your computer directly to the ADSL modem. It has an Ethernet port.
If you can't get to the Internet while your computer is connected directly to the modem, then ytour router never will either. Call ISP if you can't connect to the Internet when directly conencted to the modem.
Next: Check your router wires again, The modem must be connected to the "special" port on the router. Look at the router. There is one port separated from the rest. Connect the modem to that port. Conenct to the Internet.
Still no Internet?
Reset your router by pushing a stylus (straightened-out paperclip) into the reset "hole" on the router (with router powered ON).
Push & hold for 30 seconds or until the lights do their reset dance. Connect to the INternet.

Do you have a router? If the modem was hard wired to the other computer, you need to unplug your modem, wait a bit, then plug it back in to reset the computer's ip address.

Before you bought the wireless router, you probably had one computer directly hooked up to the modem (the box you got from your internet provider). The wireless router should have come with a cable similar to the one that had previously connected the modem to your computer.
When you use a router, the original cable from the modem is disconnected from the back of your computer and is instead plugged into the INPUT of your router. The cable that came with the router is then plugged in to the original computer.
So far, so good.
Now, when you want to add additional computers to the internet, you can do it in two ways: either wirelessly (which means the other computers need to have wireless capability already built in - which is the case with laptop and notebook computers, or they have to have a wireless card installed); or you have to purchase another cable (like the one that came with your router) to directly connect the other computer to the router.
The only time an additional cost would be involved is if you needed to purchase another cable (for a direct connection), or if your other computer doesn't have wireless capability.
Does that answer your question?

I contacted Bigpond after my whole internet collapsed due to my amature abilities in fixing the internet. >_<" yet they fixed my internet connection by disconnecting my current (DLINK DIR-300) router from the network. hmmmm... the technician also confirmed that my current broadband modem (2WIRE 2071-A) isnt capable of supplying a shared connection to more than one computer!! she also directed me towards a modem with an inbuilt wifi router that "supposedly" is the best option right now. (2701HGV-W) I'm a bit shaky and the stupid NETGEAR adaptor problem still exists - im willing to buy the new modem if its guaranteed to abolish this problem and give me a better internet wise outlook - please any suggestions will be appreiciated =)

ok once your internet is resolved you shouldnt need to have any computer hard wired to the router but it should go like this cable from your wall to the modem, then cable from modem to the router, after that you can go wireless all the way just make sure that its all secure and encrypted dont want the next door neighbor stealin your internet

My fix was the network switch Fn + F2
Only obvious when you finally find it!!!!