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Old 11-01-09, 07:32 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Laptop not connecting when hard wired!

Hi guys,

I normally my use laptop wireless via router but tried it hard wired and it won't connect to the internet.
All I did was disconnect the Ethernet lead from the back of the router and plugged it in to my laptop but it won't work, I then plugged it straight into the back of the tower (no router) and cannot get a connect to the internet with the pc either.

I'm on Vista, if that helps

Cheers for any help getting me online without the need of my router.
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you normally have to remove power and reconnect power to the modem or shut down and reboot from scratch
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Cheers Smoggy, I'll try that mate
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Didn't work, still showing network connection as local only (rebooted modem and laptop)
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