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

magoogy

im using a packard bell with winxp

the laptop is a hp pavillion zv6100 ..

the router is; netgear wireless usb adapter ma101

im on telewest wireless - lan i think - dont use no wires or anything to connect to the computer...

dont really know what to do at all...

ANY CHANCE ANYONE COULD TELL ME STEP BY STEP HOW TO DO IT - IN VERY EASY TERMS - START BY SWITCHING MY COMPUTER ON - DO I NEED LAPTOP ON, ETC - WHERE TO PUT WHAT

TAHNK

scheming_gypsy

plug the laptop into the router using the ethernet cable that comes supplied with the router.
Then click start, click run, type in cmd or command, then type ipconfig. This should give you a list with different information, an IP address and the default gateway. The default gateway is the address of the router, type that into the Internet Explorer window and let us know what happens.

magoogy

thanks gypsy - am going to do that now....

magoogy

when i turn on the laptop i get wireless network connection 4 is not connected - wireless network is unavailable....because i have tried so many times i have installed it a few times - there are 3 computer icons in the task bar....

i did start/run/cmd ipconfig - a window appeared with

ETHERNET ADAPTER LOCAL AREA CONNECTION

MEDIA STATE - DISCONNECTED

ETHERNET ADAPTER WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTION 2

DISCONNECTED

ETHERNET ADAPTER WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTION 4

DISCONNECTED

scheming_gypsy

my fault. you need to type cmd (press enter) and then do ipconfig.

magoogy

told you i was thick lol - edited above as to what happened

scheming_gypsy

well your laptop isn't picking anything up from the router.

click start, settings, control panel, network connections,
In there you should have a list of all your network devices. under Lan or High Speed Internet you'll have something that says 'local area network'. Does is say disabled under the status column? if so right click it and enable. also do the same for the wireless connection.

magoogy

what do you know - the laptop power has gone so i am charging it - now, i thought i could use it while it was being charged but it wont come on....aaarrghghghgh - wish id never bought it....thanks for your help anyway hun....i will try the above and post back when i am able to - i must have to charge the battery before i can use it now....

also, i have found a belkin usb 10/100 ethernet adapter - does this go with the router im using?

thanks

scheming_gypsy

you can usually use a laptop when it's charging, maybe you've just broken it

The 10/100 jobbie will be if you're no network card in the machine. If your network port isn't disabled then try plugging that in and plugging the ethernet cable into that and see what it gives you.

magoogy

god i think i have broke it - it wont come on