Last night, Saturday night, just out of simple curiosity, I plugged the internet connection into this woefully-inadequate computer (because it has Windows 98; something better is coming along, but one must be patient).
It would not connect last night, so I figured, well, connecting is more complicated than what I had done.
But just minutes ago, after the computer had been shut down for a day, just out of curiosity, I tried it again, and presto! it connected.
Now, this is just TEMPORARY.
It would not connect to all web-sites tried (freerepublic, connectingpoint), but by magic it connected here.
Now, am I screwing something up by doing this, rather than waiting for the new unit and having it professionally installed?