setting up wireless network help

• puffyisback

  is it possible that a bad ethernet card/port can cause it so I can't set up a wireless network OR is it possible a desktop is too old ( 2years) to run the network? I'm getting a message that my internet isn't connected to the router, but when I have it all hooked up, I can't get on the internet on my desktop
• WebFire

  Your desktop shouldn't be running the network. Run the ethernet cable from your ISP's modem/router into your wireless router. Run an ethernet cord from their to your desktop. All should work. It's pretty straightforward.
• puffyisback

  that's how I had it hooked up, and was getting the message to plug my desktop into the router, when I did that I couldn't get online with the desktop and the router software said internet cable wasn't hooked up
• karen lotz

  

  Is it plugged in to the correct port? The cable from the modem goes in to a port separated from the other 4 "out" ports. Cable from desktop goes into any of the other 4.
  
  I know this sounds like a dumb thing to suggest but I did have a friend who had a similar problem to what you described so I went to help him. It took about 2 seconds to realize the cables weren't properly connected.
• WebFire

  Cable from modem to WAN port, desktop plugs into any LAN port.