I live in a small town. We have wireless satellite internet in town.
I am trying to connect my computer to a router so that I can share internet between 2 computers.
First of all, the wire that enters the house plugs into a power supply, then a crossover cable plugs into that, the crossover plugs into a grounding box, out of the grounding box is plugged a flat grey ethernet cable that plugs into my computer. (sorry for the detail, but it's important) I cannot exchange that last flat grey ethernet cable with a regular cable, it doesn't work. the grey flat cable does not appear to be a crossover. i have tried both a replacement crossover, as well as a standard cat5e cable, neither work. What the heck would be the reason for this? What other type of a cable could this be? It has ethernet ends, only the cable is flat.
Thanks
I am trying to connect my computer to a router so that I can share internet between 2 computers.
First of all, the wire that enters the house plugs into a power supply, then a crossover cable plugs into that, the crossover plugs into a grounding box, out of the grounding box is plugged a flat grey ethernet cable that plugs into my computer. (sorry for the detail, but it's important) I cannot exchange that last flat grey ethernet cable with a regular cable, it doesn't work. the grey flat cable does not appear to be a crossover. i have tried both a replacement crossover, as well as a standard cat5e cable, neither work. What the heck would be the reason for this? What other type of a cable could this be? It has ethernet ends, only the cable is flat.
Thanks