Connecting PC to network

[Mosey3]

I have a laptop running XP. I also have a Mac desktop, but this is probably irrelevant. My network has a modem and a wireless router. My Mac is connected to this set up and I have no trouble acessing the internet from it. However, I cannot access iTunes on my Mac as the operating system is too old, so i want to use my PC laptop for it.

 

The wireless setup is working, BUT I have forgotten the thing that helps me access it via my laptop.:( I bought a cable to connect the laptop to the router and stuck it in one of the holes, but still I can't connect when I put the other end in the PC.

I have no idea what to do.

 

My router in Netgear Wireless G Router WGR614. Before I put in the white cable to access [hopefully] the internet on my PC laptop, there were blue yellow cable and black one in the router. The blue and black are into/from the modem, and I guess I put the yellow into my computer I think??

 

My internet provider is Virgin cable. I live in a hollow so access by a stick won't work.

My Apple Mac is a desktop and is encased in a heavy cupboard, so accessing the cables is not easy.

 

I think I plugged in to the back of the Mac a little stick that came with the Mac which was something to do with the internet.

 

I think the man who set up the cable [from the internet provider] said something about unplugging something from the back.

 

I ought to have called myself bear of little brain, as in Winnie the Pooh

[Dalo Harkin]

Right so you have a modem > router > PCs

you need to connect any of the PCs/Laptops to the PC via the Ethernet cable and then the other end into one of the ports on the back of the router.

 

There will be one wire coming from the back of the modem that plugs into a port on the router (DO NOT MOVE THIS CABLE, it will be in a specific port on the router)

Use any of the other (should be 5) slots

[Mosey3]

Right so you have a modem > router > PCs

you need to connect any of the PCs/Laptops to the PC via the Ethernet cable and then the other end into one of the ports on the back of the router.

 

There will be one wire coming from the back of the modem that plugs into a port on the router (DO NOT MOVE THIS CABLE, it will be in a specific port on the router)

Use any of the other (should be 5) slots

Thanks. can I just check that you're suggesting that I plug the laptop into the router via the ethernet cable? If so I have done this, but it asks me for password which I can't remember. so sorry not to have said this.

+Mosey3

[seedy21]

erm if you have forgotten the pasword for the router you will need to change it on the router on the Mac that is already connected. you can fo this by openning your internet browzer on your mac and going to 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1 and you will need to log in to the router and change the password to somethingt that you know

 

 

seedy21

[RandyL]

seedy21 if you are wondering where the post above yours went I deleted it. Although the poster appeared to make a legitimate post he was definitely just spamming.

 

Thankyou for picking up on this thread seedy.