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

magoogy

nope - still wont come on but the battery light is flashing and thats it.....

magoogy

got it back - will try now what you suggested

magoogy

right - they were both enabled but it says network cable unplugged and your wireless network is not connected....i havent put the router in yet - do i do that now? just the laptop or the ocmputer/

Fifer

Ok, I think we're getting somewhere. Sounds like there is currently no wireless network and magoogy connects to cable broadband using wired cable modem (or maybe the telewest guy installed a wireless modem router - why else would he bring a wireless USB adapter? - but gave up on wireless and connected it by ethernet).

magoogy, your computer will be connected to the telewest wall socket somehow. Can you follow the cable and see if there is a box between your computer and your wall socket? If so, what it?

I'm assuming there's either a wireless modem/router (with wireless possibly disabled) or a cable modem. If it's the former, we need to get it working in wireless mode. If it's the latter, we need to set up an Ad-Hoc network between the PC (using the USB adapter) and the wireless laptop. Does anyone agree?

Fifer

We appear to have two threads going on this one ...

Fran

Thanks Fifer.

Magoogy, I have merged your two threads to make it easier. I hope this is ok.

magoogy

any help is appreciated - i started a new thread cos i couldnt find the first then i found it again....

right - the only box i have on the wall is a white telewest box - the one the tv and phone come from....

have just thought - there are two parts to the ethernet - i have put one in my laptop - where does the big part with the two aerials go? it says to put it in the back of my set top box and use the xover if it tells you to - it doesnt tell me to so do i need to put the big one in?

thanks

Fifer

Does the big part with the two aerials have a makers name and model number on it? I think that might be your wireless router.

msdl28712

ive lost the plot or getting confused lol

is any of this any good

http://www.blueyonder.co.uk/blueyonder/getContent.jspx?page=h_broadband_setup_gettingstarted

choose the wireless

And you manual for the netgear

ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/ma101_reference_manual.pdf

Woby_Tide

one cable should be going from the back of your telewest box to one of the router ports, another cable should go from another of the spare router ports to your laptop.

You could probably even discount the telewest box part of the equation and just concentrate on getting the laptop to talk to the router. Then once that is talking and you can configure the router, then you can start adding the Telewest box and connection to the internet via the set top box.

Personally I'd have the router plugged in and switched on, put a single cable from one port to the laptop, switch the laptop on, then do the start > run > cmd(enter) then ipconfig(enter). Once you have the router address you can start configuring that