well and truly stuck and fed up!!(Laptop to wireless) (merged)

magoogy

I Bought my daughter a laptop for christmas but dont know how to get it to run off my wireless broadband - can anyone help in easey to understand steps please? not that technical!!

it is a pavillion zv6100 ....

thanks

chuckles1066

magoogy wrote:

I Bought my daughter a laptop for christmas but dont know how to get it to run off my wireless broadband - can anyone help in easey to understand steps please? not that technical!!

it is a pavillion zv6100 ....

thanks

not entirely sure from the wording of your question what your current setup is?

The Pavilion ZV6100 has built in wireless capability so enabling the hardware radio switch should detect your existing wireless network?

Probably need more info as to what your existing setup is

tigermatt

If, as chuckles1066 said, the Pavilion ZV6100 has built-in wireless and you have Windows XP, you should just be able to turn on the wireless switch somewhere on the chassis of the laptop and then go into the connection properties and find your wireless connection.

Presuming you have Windows XP on the laptop:

1. Turn on Wireless transmitter switch on laptop.
2. Switch laptop on and go to Start, Control Panel, Network and Internet Connections, Network Connections.
3. Double-click the Wireless Connection and then find the place where you can pick the wireless network you want.
4. Once you find the screen where you pick which wireless network you want, pick your wireless network and click Connect.
5. If it requires it, enter the encryption key and press OK. (May not be necessary depending on setup)
6. Connection should now be connected and you should just be able to go straight into Internet Explorer and onto the web via the wireless broadband connection.

I hope this helps. tigermatt

magoogy

im on winxp computer

right it has come up as needs network key - help please? it says not connected...

tigermatt

You will need to get the network key from your wireless setup as it is unique to your setup. It is most likely in the router configuration interface.

tigermatt

chuckles1066

tigermatt wrote:

You will need to get the network key from your wireless setup as it is unique to your setup. It is most likely in the router configuration interface.

tigermatt

yep, if you're using WPA-PSK security it'll be (or should be) a 63 character passphrase.

If you're using WEP encryption, at some point you'll have had to input a passphrase which would have generated 4 64 or 128-bit hex keys.........you need to know at which one your router is pointing..........type that in and you should be up and running!

tomstickland

I've just been through all of this. What router do you have?

The wireless key is an encryption key to prevent other hardware from using your wireless network. All machines on the network need the same key. It's just a "password" that you set. You need to find the configuration screen for your router.
Our Belkin unit configures by typing 192.168.2.1 into internet explorer and using the set up screens that result.

djohn2002uk

LOL tom, bet after your woes you didn't think you'd be pupil turned teacher so soon. :T:T

tomstickland

I always say that the more pain involved then the quicker you learn.

magoogy

thanks for all your help guys - i havent the time at the moment to do this but as soon as i do i will get the key off telewest and then get it done....once i have i will let you know how it went...

thanks for all your help....

maybe one day i will be teaching someone too eh? doubt it at the moment though....

thanks

magoogy

i am using netgear wireless usb adapter ma101 - if that helps - how do i connect ?

thanks