How do you connect a Windows 98 laptop to a dsl modem without a ethernet card?
My dad has a windows 98. I just got done reinstalling windows and would like to connect it to the internet to get updates. It has a standard internet port (like the kind for a telephone or Dial-up internet). So I wondering if I could connect my computer (running xp) to the laptop and then connect the internet to my computer. Thanks in advanced to any help.
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You cannot connect a computer without a Network adapter to a laptop to share the connection.
What you currently have is a Dial-up modem. It isn’t helpful for what you want to do.
There are a few ways you can fix this issue.
1)Install a Network Interface card (NIC) into your computer. Connect the NIC directly to the cable or DSL.
2) Install a wireless USB adapter. Connect to the wireless router with it. This assumes your Father has one already, if not see #3.
3) Get a wireless router and connect that to the existing Internet connection directly and install a wireless USB adapter. You may need a wireless adapter for your system and for your Dad’s.
Your dsl modem should have another interface besides
ethernet.
this connector will be more square, it uses the same cable that you can use to hook a printer up with a usb port.
connect the usb cable to this connection than hook it up to your computer.
you may need to reinstall your internet software.(the software that came with your dsl modem) than you will be set.
You won’t be able to hook up to a broadband connection using an RJ-11 (phone jack).
There are a couple of ways you could do this, though.
(The answers I list below assume you do not have Wi-Fi capabilities. If you do, that would be the easiest way.)
1. Buy an Ethernet card for the 98 laptop. Then hook up the Ethernet card to the modem, or if your XP computer has two Ethernet ports, use a cross-over (not a straight-through) to connect the laptop to the XP machine. Then, configure Internet sharing on the XP machine, and you’re ready to go.
Note: If you use a regular (straight-through) Ethernet cable as a direct link between two computers, it will not work.
2. Buy a Wi-Fi card for the 98 laptop, and if you don’t already have one, a Wi-Fi router or access point. Then use the Wi-Fi connection.
You can, its called internet connection sharing, but how will you connect your laptop to your dads computer? You might have to use USB, but the easiest way would be o buy a USN ethernet adapter.