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connecting ME to XP, re wireless network
Please Help,
My desktop has ME, my laptop has XP w/sp2, I need to set up a wireless network for my laptop so it will access the internet thru the DSL connectiion on the dexktop. The desktop has a Netgear FA311 Etherner Adapter, and the laptop has 802.11 mini pci wireless adapter, and VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter. I can't get the two to talk together, what am I doing wrong. Thank you |
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connecting ME to XP, re wireless network
....and what's the wireless Router make/model??
-- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "aqw" wrote in message ... Please Help, My desktop has ME, my laptop has XP w/sp2, I need to set up a wireless network for my laptop so it will access the internet thru the DSL connectiion on the dexktop. The desktop has a Netgear FA311 Etherner Adapter, and the laptop has 802.11 mini pci wireless adapter, and VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter. I can't get the two to talk together, what am I doing wrong. Thank you |
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connecting ME to XP, re wireless network
Netgear 54Mbps Wireless router, WGR614, my ethernet card is also Netgear
"Noel Paton" wrote: ....and what's the wireless Router make/model?? -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "aqw" wrote in message ... Please Help, My desktop has ME, my laptop has XP w/sp2, I need to set up a wireless network for my laptop so it will access the internet thru the DSL connectiion on the dexktop. The desktop has a Netgear FA311 Etherner Adapter, and the laptop has 802.11 mini pci wireless adapter, and VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter. I can't get the two to talk together, what am I doing wrong. Thank you |
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connecting ME to XP, re wireless network
The router is also netgear, 54Mbpc wireless router
"Noel Paton" wrote: ....and what's the wireless Router make/model?? -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "aqw" wrote in message ... Please Help, My desktop has ME, my laptop has XP w/sp2, I need to set up a wireless network for my laptop so it will access the internet thru the DSL connectiion on the dexktop. The desktop has a Netgear FA311 Etherner Adapter, and the laptop has 802.11 mini pci wireless adapter, and VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter. I can't get the two to talk together, what am I doing wrong. Thank you |
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connecting ME to XP, re wireless network
First thing to check it that the Wireless side of the Router is switched
on - often by default they are shipped switched off. to do that you'll have to log into the router and check the configuration - or just scan to see if a Wireless network is found (does the laptop actually see a network available, or not?) Ensure that you have all firewalls on the ME machine are switched off until after the network is working properly - you can then reconfigure the firewall to allow the traffic you want - otherwise you may just be fighting yourself (what firewall are you running, if any?) Turn off all encryption on the router until you have the laptop connecting properly - then build your keys. This prevents problems caused by incorrect keys, and makes life easier. How good is the signal on the laptop? - make sure it's a good signal until you have everything sorted. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "aqw" wrote in message ... Netgear 54Mbps Wireless router, WGR614, my ethernet card is also Netgear "Noel Paton" wrote: ....and what's the wireless Router make/model?? -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "aqw" wrote in message ... Please Help, My desktop has ME, my laptop has XP w/sp2, I need to set up a wireless network for my laptop so it will access the internet thru the DSL connectiion on the dexktop. The desktop has a Netgear FA311 Etherner Adapter, and the laptop has 802.11 mini pci wireless adapter, and VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter. I can't get the two to talk together, what am I doing wrong. Thank you |
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connecting ME to XP, re wireless network
My router does not have a switch,
I think the problem is between ME and XP, I want the desktop to be the host, and the laptop to be a client, but ME does not know how to set up a wireless network, just a home network. XP will let me do it, but the laptop does not have a floppy drive, so I can't make a disk of the settings to use on the other computers in the network. there are no firewalls on the dexktop, yet, that will go on after I get this mess to work. The laptop can't get the signal, because the desktop can't create one. If I plug the laptop in to the router, it gets the signal, but that defeats the point of a laptop. "Noel Paton" wrote: First thing to check it that the Wireless side of the Router is switched on - often by default they are shipped switched off. to do that you'll have to log into the router and check the configuration - or just scan to see if a Wireless network is found (does the laptop actually see a network available, or not?) Ensure that you have all firewalls on the ME machine are switched off until after the network is working properly - you can then reconfigure the firewall to allow the traffic you want - otherwise you may just be fighting yourself (what firewall are you running, if any?) Turn off all encryption on the router until you have the laptop connecting properly - then build your keys. This prevents problems caused by incorrect keys, and makes life easier. How good is the signal on the laptop? - make sure it's a good signal until you have everything sorted. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "aqw" wrote in message ... Netgear 54Mbps Wireless router, WGR614, my ethernet card is also Netgear "Noel Paton" wrote: ....and what's the wireless Router make/model?? -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "aqw" wrote in message ... Please Help, My desktop has ME, my laptop has XP w/sp2, I need to set up a wireless network for my laptop so it will access the internet thru the DSL connectiion on the dexktop. The desktop has a Netgear FA311 Etherner Adapter, and the laptop has 802.11 mini pci wireless adapter, and VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter. I can't get the two to talk together, what am I doing wrong. Thank you |
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connecting ME to XP, re wireless network
It's not a physical switch - it's a switch in the configuration!
Read the Reference manual for details - ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/wgr614_ref_manual.pdf (you don't say which version number of the router you have, so I've assumed the base version) I would suggest resetting the router to factory default, and starting from scratch There is NO NEED to set up ICS for networking PC's with a router - your router is the host, and all PC's are clients. Uninstall ICS from both machines Then set both to get their IP from DHCP in the normal way - the DHCP server is the router, which will then assign the machines an IP - to allow filesharing between the ME and XP machines you should check that they are both assigned to the same workgroup name in System Properties|Computer Name (XP) and Network Properties|Identification (ME) - note that the workgroup name and the computer names must NOT have spaces in them, or networking is likely to fail. The desktop doesn't create ANY wireless signal. All the desktop knows is that there's a router, and it sends all network data to that - the router then decides where it goes afterwards (either by the WAN, LAN, or Wireless side of the interface.) If the laptop can't see a signal ,then you have no hope of getting any wireless networking to work, whatever!, so check the settings in the router - the configuration may have the Wireless switched off. Assuming the router is switched on for wireless, and the laptop likewise, and they are in range (in the same room, preferably, for setup), then if the laptop can't see the network (let alone connect to it), there is a problem with the hardware, and you need to see whether the laptop can see anyone else's working wireless network - if it can, then there is a problem with your router. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "aqw" wrote in message ... My router does not have a switch, I think the problem is between ME and XP, I want the desktop to be the host, and the laptop to be a client, but ME does not know how to set up a wireless network, just a home network. XP will let me do it, but the laptop does not have a floppy drive, so I can't make a disk of the settings to use on the other computers in the network. there are no firewalls on the dexktop, yet, that will go on after I get this mess to work. The laptop can't get the signal, because the desktop can't create one. If I plug the laptop in to the router, it gets the signal, but that defeats the point of a laptop. "Noel Paton" wrote: First thing to check it that the Wireless side of the Router is switched on - often by default they are shipped switched off. to do that you'll have to log into the router and check the configuration - or just scan to see if a Wireless network is found (does the laptop actually see a network available, or not?) Ensure that you have all firewalls on the ME machine are switched off until after the network is working properly - you can then reconfigure the firewall to allow the traffic you want - otherwise you may just be fighting yourself (what firewall are you running, if any?) Turn off all encryption on the router until you have the laptop connecting properly - then build your keys. This prevents problems caused by incorrect keys, and makes life easier. How good is the signal on the laptop? - make sure it's a good signal until you have everything sorted. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "aqw" wrote in message ... Netgear 54Mbps Wireless router, WGR614, my ethernet card is also Netgear "Noel Paton" wrote: ....and what's the wireless Router make/model?? -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "aqw" wrote in message ... Please Help, My desktop has ME, my laptop has XP w/sp2, I need to set up a wireless network for my laptop so it will access the internet thru the DSL connectiion on the dexktop. The desktop has a Netgear FA311 Etherner Adapter, and the laptop has 802.11 mini pci wireless adapter, and VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter. I can't get the two to talk together, what am I doing wrong. Thank you |
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