Are there different types of wireless Routers ?

niceday999

START > Control Panel > Network Connections
If you right click on the connection icon then click properties.
there should be alist appear in the window. - scroll down to Connections TCP/IP and select properties again
see if obtain an IP address automatically has been selected.

Yes it has ....and then below it says dsn server and it is ticked also

exup

OK - then it should attempt to get its IP address either from your ISP (virgin) when your modem connects to the internet - or your router when you connect the PC to the router..
Have you attempted to connect your PC via the router yet?

niceday999

exup wrote: »

OK - then it should attempt to get its IP address either from your ISP (virgin) when your modem connects to the internet - or your router when you connect the PC to the router..
Have you attempted to connect your PC via the router yet?

not 100% sure how to do that. my son is away to bed.
plug the router into where ? the modem and the modem to the back of the tower ?

DCFC79

niceday999 wrote: »

not 100% sure how to do that. my son is away to bed.
plug the router into where ? the modem and the modem to the back of the tower ?

the way mines connected is modem to router then router to pc

exup

There should be five ports on the back of the router - Four are grouped together and 1 by itself - this is the one the modem plugs into.

Then one of the four port group (any one it shouldnt matter) goes to your PC.

niceday999

shadowdragon wrote: »

Ok its a lincsys one...heres what you need to do

You set your WEP code. Go to your browser, and type in 192.168.1.1. type in password (if you have not changes it, it is ADMIN).
Under wireless, go to wireless security, and set up your security option. WEP will be there, and then type in your passkey (passphrase), and then save settings. You will need to use same passkey on all computers when you set them up for wireless connection.

Stole this from else where but try it. Not seen the internals of a lincsys so cant really guide you

Do you mean type this in as a web address as in
www.192.168.1.1. ?
I am almost loosing the will to live here as we still cant get going on wireless. I dont know what else to try. dont really have the money at minute to get someone out.......

aliEnRIK

exactly as he put it ~
"192.168.1.1." (Without speech marks) in the address bar

vyseyboy

You'll have to drop the final dot too.

192.168.1.1

niceday999

aliEnRIK wrote: »

exactly as he put it ~
"192.168.1.1." (Without speech marks) in the address bar

do you put www. in front of it ?

aliEnRIK

Lad above got it right
My bad