Need help with my internet!!

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by ArPa, Dec 28, 2007.

  1. ArPa

    ArPa Private E-2

    I've had Comcast for the past 3 or 4 months and everything was working fine. I bought a router (Netgear 5-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch 10/100/1000 Mbps GS605) cause I have 2 computer connected, a PC (Windows XP SP2) and a Macintosh (Mac OS X Tiger). My Mac works very nice with the internet but when I connect my PC, it doesn't let me connect to the internet for no reason. It says that there's limited connection or no connection at all. I've tried uninstalling the driver and then, reboot, and it installed it but it still didn't let me connect to the internet. The weirdest think is that, if I connect directly to my modem, its works just fine. What can I do to fix this problem? Thanks in advance!!
     
  2. usafveteran

    usafveteran MajorGeek

    Are you trying to get a wireless Internet connection with the PC (Windows XP SP2)?
     
  3. ArPa

    ArPa Private E-2

    I don't have wireless on my PC. I had wireless on my Mac but the router I had died on me so I got a wried router.
     
  4. usafveteran

    usafveteran MajorGeek

  5. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    You don't have a router, you have a switch. A switch is not a router.
    To fix the problem, you either need to buy a router or connect both computers with cabling so one of them can act as the gateway.
     
  6. ArPa

    ArPa Private E-2

    So what you're saying is that, I didn't buya router? Oopps!! I thought it was a router. I'm gonna get a ROUTER than. Thanks!!
     

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