I got a new computer, but I need to figure out the internet connection bit. I would really appreciate help with this.
The computer was just on the net today, but the configuration is from another house.
Can I go in my computer, the one I’m using now(The old PC) and find the information I need to configure the connection on the new PC? I’m pretty sure it’s a dial up connection since it says “dialing” when I connect ADSL.
From there, how do I configure the new computer. I run Windows XP.
I’m computer stupid… Very detailed directions would be great. Pleeeease.
[quote=“Big Fluffy Matthew”]I don’t think you want “dial up”, I’m not sure what it does say but you need something like “Broadband with password” or “PPPOE”[/quote]For example, if something is wrong with the phone line, it will say :redialing" so that’s how our PC’s are set up by a local technicien. We are not changing our deal with the internet provider as it is plenty fast for what we do. I just need to know how to configure the computer. Please help someone, anyone!
If it were dial-up you hear it making the “computer handshake”. Lots of white noise, with a few beeps and screeches thrown in.
If you’re already set up with a previous computer, you should just require the user id and password, at most. Try plugging the line in and see what happens. Worst case, it won’t work but it should tell you what it needs.
All the PCs I’ve had in the last decade have been configured for the net straight out of the box. I realize you’ve bought used, but it should be net ready. The last time I had to work to get online was back in the early-mid 90s with a Pentium1 100MHZ PC. (Tech-guru’s my dates could be wrong, but it was definitely a P1-100 box).
Oops, missed the bit where you said it was online at another location/connection.
Try looking in the properties (right click). I’ve no idea where the info is, as the ADSL connection I’m on is run out of my roommates PC, but it’s not networked.
[quote=“bobepine”]Can I go in my computer, the one I’m using now(The old PC) and find the information I need to configure the connection on the new PC? I’m pretty sure it’s a dial up connection since it says “dialing” when I connect ADSL.
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bobepine, yes, you can do this. I assume that on your old computer, you have a little icon on your desktop that you double click and then hit the “Connect” button when you want to connect to the internet. So you need to make a new connection like this on your new computer.
In Internet Explorer, click on the “Tools” pulldown menu and then click “Internet Options…”
Then go to the “Connections” tab.
Click the “Add” button next to the “Dial Up and Virtual Private Network Settings” box.
Select “Connect to the network via broadband” then hit “Next”.
Choose a name for the connection and press “Finish”.
Select “Automatically Detect Settings” checkbox (If it doesn’t work, try without checking this)
Put in your Username and password in the fields at the bottom.
Press the “OK” button.
I believe everything else should be default, so that should be it. The connection will now appear in your Start Menu under Settings->Network Connections->Whatever You Named It
Oh yah, don’t forget:
Make sure the phone line is plugged into your DSL modem
Make sure the ethernet cable from the DSL modem is plugged into your new computer.
Try to connect. If it doesn’t work, go into the properties of the connection on your old computer and make sure everything matches. If it still doesn’t work after that, let me know and I’ll help you figure it out!
That is very kind of you. But I gave up. I never tried the way you said to do it, and I bet it would have worked. I was going in the control panel under “network connections.” I tried making a “new” connection and when I did that, the wizard was telling me that my connection was already configured. The connection was showing as “connected” too, but it wasn’t working.
I gave up for more reasons, though. I decided to have the computer formatted and to re-install XP from scratch. Not me, I get a tech to do that. When turning on the computer, it gave me an option to use Windows xp or windows 2000. I had to select one before windows would load. I didn’t like that. Also, everything is different than what I’m used to, and the tech who installed XP on my current PC and my wife’s PC uses the version I’m familiar with.
Another reason is that the guy who sold me the PC was using some weird keyboard setting called Vorax or something like that. All the keys were mixed up. “w” showed as a comma for example. Weird. I was able to change that, but it was set as default so every time I opened a new window, I had to change the keyboard setting. There are other programs he used that I don’t need either.
And finally, I decided not to even try to sell my old relic so I’m going to get the tech to install its drive into my new PC so that I don’t lose the data. It’s not much with only 8 gigs, but still… I’ll have a small 8 gig drive, and a bigger 80 gig drive in the same box.
So yeah… When he brings my PC back, I’ll get him to figure out the connection, too, and I’ll be set to go.
Ah no problem, it only took a few minutes to write that. It sounds like you’re having a lot of trouble for a new computer. Did you buy it brand new from a store here in Taiwan, or from a private seller? The reason I ask is because I’m going to be getting a desktop soon, and I’d certainly like to avoid the kind of troubles you’re having with your computer! Thanks!
You will need your username and password for setting up the new connection. That will be on something that hinet (or whoever) gave you. If you lost it, I would try to get a new one, it’s very difficult to get from your old computer.
Useful things for us to know :
Is it hinet ?
Is it ADSl ?
Do you have a router or just a modem ?
It’s hinet. I have my username and password printed out.
I bought the computer used from a South African fellow who is leaving Taiwan. I’m happy with it, I think I got a good deal, although maybe not as good as I originally was thinking. It’s super fast(To my standards having used the slowest computer ever for about a year now.)Things open in a flash, and the flat screen is nice.
Two things the seller didn’t tell me before I bought it, was the weird keyboard configuration, which I don’t blame him because I told him that I was getting windows re-installed, and the power switch on the front is broken. It works but it was two wires coming out of the front of the tower with the switch hanging at the end. I wasn’t overly bothered, since it doesn’t affect the the computer, it’s just the button on the tower that is broken, the switch itself works. Still, I would have liked to know about it. He packed the tower in a box with the rear end showing so that I wouldn’t see that until I opened the box back at my place. I thought it was a bit dishonest of him.
Anyways, I put the tower on the kitchen table, and about five minutes later I noticed my cat playing with something on the floor. Noooooo! She had chewed the switch to pieces and she was playing with parts of it on the floor. :s Luckily, we had an old tower sitting around and I saudered the switch from it on the new computer. It worked, and I also Mc-guyvered it so that it doesn’t dangle on the wires. You could say I cat-proofed the switch, even with the front of the tower, so that cat can’t chew it, or play with it. No more wires visible, just a tiny button.
I’m just about on my way out to drop off the computer with a tech, it should be ready to go on Monday. I’ll have him come here to install the additional drive, and sort out the internet connection for me.
[quote=“irishstu”]As for HiNet, just install the HiNet CD they gave you. Still got that?[/quote]My hinet CD just has outdated stuff that’s built into Windows anyway. But in Chinese.
I’ve never used it.
[quote=“irishstu”]The keyboard’s so easy to change you wouldn’t believe it, but I guess you’re not interested now.
Getting XP re-installed is a good move anyway. It’ll probably run even faster than before.
As for HiNet, just install the HiNet CD they gave you. Still got that?[/quote]
If it is an ADSL connection he is using, then no need to install the hinet disc as PPoE comes standard on XP, that way he can also set his own homepage for his browser, otherwise hinet set it to one of their pages.
[quote=“Traveller”][quote=“irishstu”]The keyboard’s so easy to change you wouldn’t believe it, but I guess you’re not interested now.
Getting XP re-installed is a good move anyway. It’ll probably run even faster than before.
As for HiNet, just install the HiNet CD they gave you. Still got that?[/quote]
If it is an ADSL connection he is using, then no need to install the hinet disc as PPoE comes standard on XP, that way he can also set his own homepage for his browser, otherwise hinet set it to one of their pages.[/quote]
Fine, dudes. Please give him step by step instructions then. Saying “just use Windows XP’s PPPoE” isn’t much help to the fella. I’m pretty sure he can follow the disk though, and it’s worked fine for me in the past. Oh wait, there ARE instructions on page 1 (Vertigo posted them), hehe. My bad.
Incidentally, Matthew, my Hinet disk has English installation options too, though I no longer use the disk as I’ve set the connection up through a router.
[quote=“irishstu”]Getting XP re-installed is a good move anyway. It’ll probably run even faster than before.
As for HiNet, just install the HiNet CD they gave you. Still got that?[/quote]No CD. Don’t remember any CD. A friend hooked our first computer(my wife’s), and a tech hooked up the second one(mine) back when I bought it. I did not look at him do it, but I should have. When the tech comes next Monday, I’ll ask him to do it with him so that I know how next time. I’m so exited! It’s a bit of work, though. I have to sort out all the settings I’m used to, install the programs I use, ie Firefox, spell checker, Irfanview, winclean, quicktime, flashplayer, etc, etc. It should be kind of fun, though, not having to wait so long for every windows to open. My firefox browser takes about 25 seconds to open with my current computer. No jokes. Once it’s open, it’s not so bad browsing the net as long as I don’t do anything else at the same time. I can’t wait! Done with ice age!
Turns out my connection is a hinet broadband. I learned how to do it, too. It’s pretty much like Vertigo explained earlier. One needs to know the lingo, though. Now I know, I did it with my tech.
This computer is sweeeet! So fast! My tech also sorted out a network between my wife’s computer and mine so that we can exchange files in a Jiffy.
I called this guy named Rob, here in Kaohsiung. He’s from the US, and he’s excellent. He knows his stuff, he’s fast and his rates are very reasonable. PM me if you need help with your PC in Kaohsiung, or look him up on www.connectkaohsiung.com
Ah, glad to hear you have everything working properly now bobepine. If anything else comes up, don’t hesitate to ask, and I will try to help you as best I can. I work in IT so I have picked up a thing or two here and there.
It’s people like you, with the amazing work you do for animals, who prove that there’s still some hope for the human race. If animals could talk, they’d all be saying “thank you bobepine!”.
And thanks kindly. 
