You need to get a router to sit between you and that cable modem. It is
possible the modem is also a router but the only way to check is for you to
check the IP address. if it starts with 192.168.x.x, then you are behind a
router with little to worry about. Just change the default password on the
router to something with number, CAPS, and specials.
"TidusCloudZack" <TidusCloudZack@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> why is my computer asking me to choose a location type for "network 2"
> when i
> dont even have any other computer in the house..this is my one and only
> computer ...
> and i have two accounts on my computer which is one the admistrator...and
> second one is the guest account which i use most of the time for internet
> browsing...is the second account the network 2 its askin about? and i have
> a
> printer which is connected to this computer ..i really dont get this
> network
> thing...im just worried that maybe someone from other computers around the
> neighborhood is trying to access my network or computer? and no i dont
> have
> wireless internet..i just have regular ethernet cable plugged in my
> computer
> and the cable modem box that the guy installed when we got comcast triple
> play..in the modem it has the wires from the cable phone and ethernet...
>
> one more thing...whenever i go to my administrative account and look at
> the
> network center..in the network map..it has ofcourse icon showing my
> computer
> name for the administrator..and a second icon for a network 2 it was
> asking
> about...ahh im sorry if this is confusing but i just really dont know
> about
> network thing type stuff..