We have Comcast internet. The modem they installed has one USB port and one ethernet port. The home computer is hooked to it through the USB port. We bought a new laptop and wireless router. The router utilizes all ethernet ports. When I hookup home computer ethernet port to router ethernet and then router ethernet to modem ethernet nothing seems to work. When I take the router out of the picture and hook home computer to modem via ethernet ports I still can't connect to internet. It seems to only work when using the USB connections.
Am I missing something? Do I have to configure my home computer to use the ethernet port or should it be smart enough to recognize the connection itself?
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We have Comcast internet. The modem they installed has one USB port and one ethernet port. The home computer is hooked to it through the USB port. We bought a new laptop and wireless router. The router utilizes all ethernet ports. When I hookup home computer ethernet port to router ethernet and then router ethernet to modem ethernet nothing seems to work. When I take the router out of the picture and hook home computer to modem via ethernet ports I still can't connect to internet. It seems to only work when using the USB connections.
Am I missing something? Do I have to configure my home computer to use the ethernet port or should it be smart enough to recognize the connection itself?
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