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This is a wired system,going through the supplied TalkTalk modem -Smart AX MT 882 and the mentioned router, the idea being that my wife can use her laptop elswhere in the house. I swicth the sytem on,everything boots and then I get a sound telling me that something is wrong. I look at the taskbar and the image of the small telly has a yellow apostrophe in it and I have no internet connection. My system is Windows 7 Ultimate and is used daily. The light flashes at the back of the case,at the 'ethernet' connection,I've changed the cable(incase it was faulty)and yesterday evening I removed the Belkin router and simply connected through the TalkTalk modem. I still get the sound when I boot but then I connect via 'Network 2'! I'm having great fun here,but before I format my hard drive and reinstall everything I'm going to 'knuckle-down' and try to work through this systematically with the little knowledge that I have and of course with the help of others.
I will NOT go away!
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