Dear Forum,
I have been on the telephone to my ISP provider today regarding my router being unable to connect (hence me using a modem at the moment. It was fine before I reformatted my hard drive a while ago. It's a netgear router.)
After a long and very expensive call and various (offline) tests, the technician informed me that my router is not connecting to my PC because it appears that I do not have the required 'ethernet adapter' which I apparently need for a connection to be made. This surely seems to be the case yet is puzzling me as I know I had it before but it most definitely seems missing now.
I know my PC is very old and pretty crap but hey, it's all I have at the moment and I'm no 'techie' so not sure what many things mean
I have looked at various sites on the net and there seems to be downloads available, however, I dont know which one to download :-(
Below are my PC specifications....does anyone know which 'ethernet adapter' I need to have and where the best place to download it from is?
I'm not even sure how/where to install the damn thing once/if it can be downloaded.
Please help I'm getting VERY desperate now and my PC is crap with the modem (Voyager 105) compared to how it was with the router.
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
Many thanks in advance:
Skinno. (My PC Specifications are below) ----->>
Field Value
Computer
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Motherboard
CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 1666 MHz (12.5 x 133) 2000+
Motherboard Name Shuttle AK38(N) (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DDR DIMM, Audio)
Motherboard Chipset VIA VT8367 Apollo KT333CF
System Memory 768 MB (SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award (02/12/03)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Bluetooth Serial Port (COM10)
Communication Port Bluetooth Serial Port (COM11)
Communication Port Bluetooth Serial Port (COM12)
Communication Port Bluetooth Serial Port (COM13)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM2)
Communication Port Bluetooth Serial Port (COM3)
Communication Port Bluetooth Serial Port (COM4)
Communication Port Bluetooth Serial Port (COM5)
Communication Port Bluetooth Serial Port (COM6)
Communication Port Bluetooth Serial Port (COM7)
Communication Port Bluetooth Serial Port (COM8)
Communication Port Bluetooth Serial Port (COM9)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)
Display
Video Adapter NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro (Microsoft Corporation) (32 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA RIVA TNT2 M64
Monitor Maxdata Belinea 10 30 20 [17" CRT] (1019808726840)
Multimedia
Audio Adapter VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller
Storage
IDE Controller VIA Bus Master IDE Controller
Disk Drive ST340823A (40 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
Disk Drive ST380011A (80 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
Optical Drive HITACHI DVD-ROM GD-7500 (12x/40x DVD-ROM)
Optical Drive YAMAHA CRW2100E (16x/10x/40x CD-RW)
SMART Hard Disks Status FAIL
Partitions
C: (NTFS) 76308 MB (57900 MB free)
F: (NTFS) 38162 MB (1635 MB free)
Total Size 111.8 GB (58.1 GB free)
Input
Keyboard HID Keyboard Device
Mouse HID-compliant mouse
Mouse USB Browser Mouse
Network
Network Adapter Bluetooth PAN Network Adapter - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Network Adapter GlobeSpan USB ADSL LAN Modem
Network Adapter WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Modem Bluetooth DUN Modem
Modem Bluetooth Fax Modem
Modem Bluetooth LAP Modem
Modem Bluetooth LAP Modem #2
Peripherals
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB2 Controller VIA USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller
USB Device GlobeSpan USB ADSL LAN Modem
USB Device USB Composite Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
Linear Mode
