dial up to ethernet

cynzhero · 03-22-2009, 01:39 PM

hi my name is glen and i have a compaq armada m700. it has win 98 and dial up. i now have dsl and ethernet wire. but when i try to log on it says my pci adaptor is not working. how do i make it read the up grade. any help! thanx.

**OldGrayGary** · 03-23-2009, 01:52 AM

Hi Glen

Call your Internet provider, and ask them for instructions on how to setup your DSL "modem" to handle the logon/authentication and PPPOE, if that is what they need. They'll have good answers for you, after all - you are paying them good money for the service.

If you set up the DSL modem to handle to logon/authentication chores, your ethernet adapter should find the Internet without much fuss: just set the Connections tab in IE Options (control panel) to have the LAN "autodetect".

Hopefully they'll have a hardware firewall in place in the DSL modem, too -- that will greatly help your online security.

Best of luck
. . . Gary

03-22-2009, 01:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
cynzhero Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: living in minnesota Posts: 3 OS: win98-xp	dial up to ethernet hi my name is glen and i have a compaq armada m700. it has win 98 and dial up. i now have dsl and ethernet wire. but when i try to log on it says my pci adaptor is not working. how do i make it read the up grade. any help! thanx.

03-23-2009, 01:52 AM	#2 (permalink)
OldGrayGary Mentor, Microsoft Support Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Woodland Hills, CA Posts: 2,240 OS: Windows 98se/2000/XP/Vista	Re: dial up to ethernet Hi Glen Call your Internet provider, and ask them for instructions on how to setup your DSL "modem" to handle the logon/authentication and PPPOE, if that is what they need. They'll have good answers for you, after all - you are paying them good money for the service. If you set up the DSL modem to handle to logon/authentication chores, your ethernet adapter should find the Internet without much fuss: just set the Connections tab in IE Options (control panel) to have the LAN "autodetect". Hopefully they'll have a hardware firewall in place in the DSL modem, too -- that will greatly help your online security. Best of luck . . . Gary __________________