Internet via ethernet cable not recognised: just wireless

Hi -
I have an ethernet cable that supplies my internet, but Windows Vista (Home Premium) will only let me access a Wireless connection (of which I don't have one!).
Can anybody help?
Thanks!

anch66,
Could you please provide a little more information. Who is your Internet Service Provider (ISP) and what are their minimum system requirements?
Our G3 that connected to the web for years with OS 8.1 no longer connects because we changed providers. Juno requires OS X to load pages. We can connect to the server with the right settings but then it does nothing to load a page because the minimum OS requirements are not met.
Gmail is similar. It requires OS X to set up an account. I had my son set up the account on his G5 and then we could access it with OS 8.1 on the G3. The devil is in the details.
Do you have a second hard drive or a partition on your drive to give you a backup if the upgrade does not go well. Buying an install CD would give you a little better upgrade path.
Ji˜m

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