Broadband Connection

[saysun]

I am trying to use my broadband connection from my PC to access the Internet on my laptop, but no matter what I do, my laptop doesn't seem to want to connect. I know it's possible because I've done it before, but there seems to be some reason that it won't connect now. I have tried unplugging the modem, re-booting the laptop and then plugging the modem back in, etc., etc., but that old trick doesn't work. Shouldn't it be a pretty straightforward process of me being able to plug my modem into my laptop and it connects me to the Internet just like on my PC?

[beso]

Some adsl modems are designed to only service one computer.

You can get around this by using a proxy service on the main computer. This way only one computer is seen as connecting by the modem.

Free Proxy works well.
http://www.handcraftedsoftware.org/

[saysun]

Thanks for the suggestion about the proxy service. I'll check it out, although I wonder why the broadband connection has previously worked on my laptop but isn't working now.