is the NIC is behide my drive thenn i have a NIC? and dunt need to buy it? NIC- is the ETHERNET PORT? is that correct? or do i need  2 install one?
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An NIC is a Network Interface Card, and usually a seperate card in your machine to give you an ethernet port.  You might have an ethernet port (RJ45) on your motherboard already without having an NIC - just look for an ethernet port (RJ45) which is like a normal phone port only slightly larger.
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Ouch.  Time to hit Ebay, if your old modem only had USB on the LAN side....  Fortunately lots of people sell DSL modems for not too much.  Try to use the same brand as your old one, just get a model  that has Ethernet output (so if your old modem was a Westell, get another one)
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Is your hard drive being shared on the network? If you do not share your HardDrive on the network, then you should be fine. If they spend a bunch of time trying to see your files, you porbably have bigger problems to deal with...
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You have to have boot from Firewire/ usb on your board, or have it boot from Usb as the first bootable device. Now, your board also has to support this feature... and hoanstly, why do you want do to this? this is just so pointless... if you want the speed, just get and IDE to Sata cross over bridge they are like 30 bucks.   Secondly, take it from a computer tek, its really pointless.
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You need to install a network card and the xp drivers to support it. If your NIC isn't showing up in network connections, then your NIC is NOT installed properly.
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You were told the wrong things when you bought the router.\n\nYes, if you want the entire thing to work wirelessly you'll need to buy a wireless NIC.
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My Friend.. what all my friends above told u is correct if its some other operating system....but in your case you have a XP Home Edition...which dosent support networking...even if you have a network card...it wont be able to function due to the limitation of the Home Edition.Install 98 on both the systems...or upgrade your XP home edition to XP Professional....Cheers
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Sounds like you have a bad NIC in your PC.  If the modem works with other computers, its probably OK.  Sounds like you tested cables well.  \nDo you have more than one device hooked up to the modem?  if so, certain models may require a router in between.  \nWe did even talk about your networking settings at all.  Enable DHCP in your modem.   Set PC to Dynamic IP.\nIf all doesnt work, purchase a new ethernet card for your PC, install it, and if it still doesnt work, take the ethernet card back to best buy for a refund.  Its all good baby.
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depending on what version of windows you are running, you should have a plug & play system. try uninstalling the drive and restarting the puter. let windows install the drive by itself.
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You're talking about two different things here. Which do you need - drivers for an Actiontec DSL card, or an ethernet card?  For Actiontec hardware suppport, try here: http://www.actiontec.com/support/support_prod.html
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Check your bios settings. I have an Abit mobo and it requires to enable "onboard sata". Don`t know why it should have been altered but check it anyway. Also it might be a good idea to use the sata drive as a main drive in the future, it is supposed to be a tad faster. Also, listen to the drive when you boot the thing. It should make a small whizz when the power cord is attached. If not, it doesn`t get any juice indicating to a dead power cord or the drive itself is dead. Data can be rescued no matter what but can get expensive.
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goto http://www.driverguide.com\nMost of the drivers for most drives are there.
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There are a few possible ways of doing this.  the simplest way, in my opinion, would be to replace your router with a newer model from linksys, the "Wireless-G Media Storage Link Router with SpeedBooster All-in-one Internet-sharing Router, Access Point, and Network Storage Link", which would allow you to connect your external drive directly to the router for sharing.
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If you have firewire, use that - it's fast.  I think if you use an ethernet cable, that should work also.  You just have to use the Windows Networking Wizard thing and it should be fine.
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No.  You need more than simply connecting the hard drive to the LAN.  The hard drive has to act as a NAS (Network Attached Storage).  Basically that means the box that you're connecting to the LAN has to have in it, in addition to the hard drive, a simple computer that can handle network file-transfer protocols, such as FTP, NFS, SMB, etc.
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How many things in your house are on 2.4ghz? Change the router setting to channel 6. Is the main computer (attached to the router) going into sleep mode? Mine does that and it kills the signal everytime. Your nic card came with software. Is it searching for the strongest signal? Do you live in a house or apt building?
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External hard drives typically connect via USB or Firewire, so just make sure your computer has the appropriate port to connect through.  There is no software needed (unless it's some crazy cheap poor excuse for a hard drive); They'll usually just show up as a new drive letter in your Control Panel as soon as you plug it in.  The data transfer rate and speed are irrelevant as far as compatibility goes, but obviously the faster it is, the more convenient it is for you (and probably the higher the price will be).