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SINNER
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i have bought a laptop and i want to make a wireless network with my router , the laptop is an acer travelmate 5320 with xp pro and the router is a netgear DG834G and the home tower is a compaq with xp home on it , i have had a look and i dont seem to be getting no where with this i have a 1gig pen/flash drive usb thingy
can anyone give me an idiots walk through of what i have to do ?.
regards for any help in advance
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BurrWalnut
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The 1GB flash drive is a storage device and has nothing to do with wireless connections.
1. Connect the Compaq computer to the router by the Ethernet cable so that you can access the router details. Type 192.168.1.0 into a browser address bar window. When asked for the user name and password, try admin and password respectively. Go through the sections in the left pane until you find one where you can enter your ISP details, i.e. user name and password.
2. In the left pane look for a section named wireless or similar wording. Now find an SSID name and a WEP/WPA key. Make a note of these and/or change the SSID to something more meaningful to you but don‘t use obvious names, like your name.
3. The above two pieces of information are needed for any wireless computer to connect to a router. Right-click the wireless network adapter’s icon in the system tray, open it and follow the prompts to connect. The software varies from manufacturer to manufacturer but it is a matter of keying in the SSID and the security key.
Both computers should now be connected to the internet. If you want guidance on setting up sharing, etc. then start a separate topic in this section of the forum.
Good luck.
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SINNER
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thanks for that burr
but the compaq is already connected to the router it was how to set up the wireless to the acer laptop that i was looking for .
but there was enough info in your reply to get me through it and yes it was simple to sort out i was just having a thick day.
thanks anyways
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BurrWalnut
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I’m glad you’ve sorted it out.
One other thing I should have mentioned, is that you should backup the configuration so that you can easily restore the set up in the event of problems.
In the router set up (192.168.1.0) go to the section that allows ‘backup and restore’ and make a backup.
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