Installing broadband

[hollie1586]

My neighbour has just had her broadband router package delivered which i will be installing but have only just realised that she doesn't have a disc drive in her netbook and the broadband has to be installed with a cd-rom. What the heck am i supposed to do? can an external drive be bought? she doesn't want to spend a fortune as it probably wouldn't be used again.

[barryjbutler]

She might be able to go on line and download the software from the manufacturer of the router. Otherwise an external cd drive can be got quite easily from PC World.

[EvianBaby]

Are you sure the CD is not just an instruction manual?

[Old_Geezer]

I wonder if it is possible that the netbook would recognise the router and self set-up anyway ?

Failing that an external drive is useful to have anyway even if it is only plugged in when it has become a necessity.

All else fails you may be able to ask for information on copying the CD info to a USB pen drive via a desktop, and using that ?

[Davethedog]

Can you not download from the companys site?

[mickrog]

yes a cheap external drive will do the job...£30 ish
maybe you can install from a laptop with a disc drive and then she can junp on the network from her netbook......when i take my 2nd laptop which is a netbook to my friends house it links up to his router and saves the keycode

[ChuckFickens]

You don't need any CD.

Check the paperwork for a manual setup procedure, or if there is nothing post who the ISP is and the make and model of the router.