How to not set up a wireless router to a cable modem

This article is how two people (related) can take a simple computer task and turn it into a family fight.

Instructions

Difficulty: Challenging

1. Set up the brand new wireless laptop. Set up the router. Take all of the parts that came with the router. Try to connect the cords. Discover you do not have the correct connections.
2. Explain the problem to your father, who swears all of the parts are there and you are the one who is wrong. Both father and son talk VERY LOUDLY.
3. Laughing, let your father connect and reconnect wires for a very long time until he comes to the same conclusion.
4. Go to the cable company get the right connectors and it really is a simple job.