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Originally Posted by saucywoman
my tech at work just told me I either need a router or to register the laptop with shaw cause it prob came with a disk to use on my computer when I connected that
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You don't necessarily need a router to use the laptop with Shaw. (unless you want to use the wireless function) You shouldn't have to register the laptop with Shaw either. All they care about is the cable modem and that's the only thing that needs to be registered with them. They don't care about anything on your side of the modem since it's not their responsibility.
If you look on the left side of the laptop, the network jack is just next to the VGA (monitor) port. Plug one side of your cable in there (and if it doesn't fit or looks too small then it's the wrong type of cable) and the other side into the network connection on the Shaw modem. You should see the little network icon in the system tray (by the clock) try to connect and eventually get an IP. After that, it should work.