First I'm pleased to read that you seem to have solved the problem of
reinstalling the network adapter (NIC) on your laptop.

If you DSL modem uses an ethernet cable to connect to your PC them yes it
should be as simple as just changing the cable and plugging it in to your
laptop although since you say it is a modem rather than a router/modem you
may just have to install some software on your laptop to allow you to
configure the modem. I would however strongly recommend that you consider
replacing your modem with a router/modem which would then allow you to
have more than one device connected to the internet at any one time. ADSL
router modems are pretty cheap nowadays and are commonly only a little
mode expensive than a bare modem. One advantage of going the router route
is that most routers include a built in firewall which would help protect
your systems. However check first, it is just possible that you have a
router/modem and are not aware of it.
--
Mike Maltby
MS-MVP Windows



rc rc@home wrote:

worked like a charm as far as the installation goes. Thanks....next
question....can i pull my ethernet cable out of dsl modem and connect
to laptop and be up and running... it couldn't be that simple..could
it?