home network setup

i need to set up a home network. i used microsoft inst.but it keeps going on into dsl. every place you go it goes to dsl. im one of the poor slobes that cant get dsl. i live in the country. in microsoft wizard i get as far asunder pci ethernet adapter properties, underadvanced tab, its supposed to say duplex mode on left and full duplex on right. i get somthing else. they all bounce from 98 to xp. there must be somthing different for ME edition.