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by annanewton

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if I am violating some forum dictum, please forgive me....just call me a noob and I'll be on my way

ok, there is a ethernet connection on the back of my cable box....this should be able to be hooked into my ethernet connection on my computer and or network router? but I have no idea the kind of software I would need to make such a thing worthwhile

of course the cable company doesn't support such items, so therefore can give no information...the guys at radio shack were much too busy watching the simpsons rerun to care about the question, and my own IT guy said he'd look into it and give me any information he finds, which means he forgot it the moment I left his office (after I bribed him with muffins too)

any help here?

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by the scummy one

tcp/ip would be the first thing to say. Although you probably dont need to 'install' it, as it is most likely already installed on your computer. However, configurint it would be where you need help I am sure.

Now, to get maximum benefit out of this site, this belongs in the 'questions' forum. Many excellent tech's do not visit the 'discussions' forum.

Also, for helpful advice, please mark items as 'helpful' when finished. Your best bet is to start a question there, and link it to this discussion, or copy your text to a new question.

You also might add what setup you want. You mention both router and plugged into your system. Which is it? A router will have a guide for setup, and once completed, all you should have to di is plug it in.

by sgt_shultz

would you mind telling us what you are trying to accomplish? it looks like you are trying to get the cable modem shared to all the computers on your network? you mentioned a 'network router'. could that actually be a switch maybe? post the model numbers and we can tell then we can help.
if the device your refer to as your network router has a port marked WAN that is what you connect to the cable modem. the other port hopefully says LAN, that is what you connect to your other computer (or multiple computers via a switch or hub)
does that help any?

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