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    delll dimensio 8200 NO INTERNET AHHHHH!

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by want_an_apple, Aug 17, 2010.

  1. want_an_apple

    want_an_apple Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi i have a dell dimension 8200 and want to hook it up to the internet but it wont work (i might just not know how though) i have tried hooking up this phone cable that came with it up to our main computer's router and it didnt work. and it wont pick up wireless signal. could someone please walk me threw the steps to getting this thing to work. thanks :)
     
    want_an_apple, Aug 17, 2010
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  2. f4ding

    f4ding Laptop Owner

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    Hook it up to your main router, switch off router for 10 seconds, and restart router. That worked for me in the past, don't ask me why.
     
    f4ding, Aug 18, 2010
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    thundernet Notebook Deity

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    Is there a modem in the senario?You don't mention a modem...Does it work with the ethernet cable??The problem is only on wireless?
     
    thundernet, Aug 20, 2010
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    First off, the Dell Dimension 8200 does not come with wireless capabilities. You can add a PCI wireless card to the system if you so desire. Secondly, you do not use a phone cable to connect a computer to a router, you use an ethernet cable. Make sure you are using an ethernet cable. A good way to check is to look at the plug itself and if it looks like a big phone plug, then it is ethernet. Plug one end into the ethernet port on the back of the computer and the other end into the router. If there is no ethernet port on the back of the computer, then you will just have to buy an ethernet card.
     
    Yotsuba, Aug 20, 2010
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