Re: feeding internet from broadband to router

2008-05-09 Thread Michael Sammartano
Michael, You did in deed stumble upon the problem. The ethernet cable from the laptop "MUST" get plugged into a local port on the router. The internet "WAN" port is wired different and will not work that way. You then have to have the laptop share the internet connection by setting the default

Re: feeding internet from broadband to router

2008-05-09 Thread Michael Havens
I figured out the problem I changed the network and so have to re-run the setup routine. The problem with that is that it is looking for the router but the router does not wish to be detected. I think the problem is that the laptop is plugged into the internet jack and that is plugged into t

Re: feeding internet from broadband to router

2008-05-08 Thread Michael Sammartano
Michael Havens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > preface: > router- linksys broadband g router > desktop- old computer built in 97 running Linux > laptop- windows xp > > I SO want to dump COX and Verizon so I got a magicjack and a sprint > broadband card. Majicjack is for "free"voice callin

feeding internet from broadband to router

2008-05-08 Thread Michael Havens
preface: router- linksys broadband g router desktop- old computer built in 97 running Linux laptop- windows xp I SO want to dump COX and Verizon so I got a magicjack and a sprint broadband card. Guess what! It works like a champ:) Now I need to get my linux box back online before i cancel th