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Originally posted by Not Bob
So, I finally broke down and got a cable modem. The old 9600 was just too slow for too long.
Unfortunately, the home computer is a couple of years old, and doesn't have a ethernet thingy. The cable modem can be hooked up with a USB port, but for some reason my 4 year old Gateway (with Windows 98) doesn't want to let it work. It won't let the driver be installed. (It works fine on my Dell notebook, so I know it isn't the modem's fault.)
Anyway, rather than continuing to try to get the USB hook-up to work, I decided to install an ethernet connection on my Gateway. How difficult will it be for a non-techie to do? Assume the non-techie is very good at following directions. Or should I have a pro do it (though it will take forever)?
The right answer is to simply buy a new computer, and we are planning on doing it in the near future. And I was planning on waiting to get the cable internet access after that, but but the local cable company was running a promotion, so ...
Thanks.
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I installed an ethernet card on my old IBM desktop. It is pretty easy -- just remove the slot cover, snap in the card and attach it with some screws. I wouldn't pay someone to do it unless you had no available card slots.
Note that some cards have cables to permit remote starts from elsewhere on the network. Skip that.
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