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sanity assassin
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Oct 3, 2003, 07:01 AM
 
Just got myself an adsl connection which came with a D-Link ethernet adsl modem. Now, I was expecting to install drivers and such like to get it working, nope, nothing, juts plugged it in, set up my PPPoE account details, and away I went. Conversely, I need to set it up for my XP laptop, I had a read of the manual, which only has instructions for Windows, and guess what? I need to install drivers, setup all sorts of stuff just to get it working. Nice one Apple.
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Oct 3, 2003, 08:42 AM
 
You don't really need drivers for PC. If it's Ethernet just setup a PPPoE connection and it should work. Those "drivers" are probably some extras that companies want you to install but you don't really need it. Or better yeat, get a router and have them both pluged in at the same time.
     
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Oct 3, 2003, 09:26 AM
 
Originally posted by MrNo:
You don't really need drivers for PC. If it's Ethernet just setup a PPPoE connection and it should work. Those "drivers" are probably some extras that companies want you to install but you don't really need it. Or better yeat, get a router and have them both pluged in at the same time.
Cheers for that, just what I needed to hear. I'm goign to have to get a router, need 3 computers to plug in now.
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Oct 3, 2003, 10:01 AM
 
Welcome to 2003. Even Pocket PC can do that.
     
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Oct 3, 2003, 10:31 AM
 
Originally posted by RooneyX:
Welcome to 2003. Even Pocket PC can do that.
Hey, it's my first day on the planet It's just seeing all these instructions in the manual for windows, and nothing for X, made me wonder.
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