trying to go wireless

ac

:hello:

thought id done a really good thing by phoning my broadband
company up and getting my wireless router for £15 :T untill ive just tried to install it....

just got of the 'helpline' :rolleyes: and apparently my puter needs to be made wireless compatible :cool: why didnt they tell me that last week when i purchased the bleeeding thing... :mad: ...

i need a usb thingy to connect to the wireless router cause my etheret cant be detected.........

does anyone no wot im on about cause ive just hung up on the guy from the 'helpline'


(im not completly allergic to techie stuff... i did manage to install my broadband... should be able to install this thingy too :rolleyes: )

espresso

What are you trying to achieve? Normally you keep one PC wired and any others e.g. laptops etc. connect via WiFi. USB dongles are not the best way to go wireless. Does your PC have an Ethernet port?

Sput2001

You need a wireless adaptor. It's basically the aerial that picks up the signal from your wireless router.

USB ones are the easiest to install. This one's good. You can get cheaper ones but I don't have experience of them.

ac

should i keep to the same make as the wireless router or doesnt it make a difference if the make of the usb adaptor is different from the wireless router ??


(flippin ink..... if ya read that it reads as if i no wot im going on about :rolleyes:)

DCFC79

Is the router not sat next ot the pc,

Sput2001

ac wrote: »

should i keep to the same make as the wireless router or doesnt it make a difference if the make of the usb adaptor is different from the wireless router ??


(flippin ink..... if ya read that it reads as if i no wot im going on about :rolleyes:)

It doesn't really matter whether the router and adaptor are the same brand. They'll still be able to talk to each other.

As already mentioned, if the PC is close enough to the router, then connecting via an ethernet cable (rather than wirelessly) is easier, and more secure. If, like at my house, the PC is in one room and the router's in another then wireless is probably the better solution.

Fifer

Mozkowitz wrote: »

Basically, buy a wireless modem for your computer....usb for hassle free install.

No, it sounds like he needs a USB Wireless adapter (not a modem, which we think his ISP has already supplied) IF his PC isn't close enough to the master socket to connect the PC to the router by ethernet.

I suggest we all stop trying to solve a problem which we don't really yet know enough detail about, until the OP provides more specifics. We need to know:

Is the broadband cable or ADSL (phone line)?
Make and model of wireless router?
Location of PC and router (can they use a wired connection)?
Does the PC have an ethernet port?

ac

At the moment have an ADSL broadband from my phone company....

i want to go wireless cause ive bought the kids a netbook each for christmas which i want them to be up and running instead of all the malarky on xmas day (but that will be a completly different thread) :rotfl:

i have purchased a wireless router from my broadband company and tried to install it.... on set up the puter told me that the ethernet port could not be dedected and i could go no further with the installation....

phoned the help line up :rolleyes: and they said i need a wireless usb adaptor


1 adsl
2 huawel echolife HG520b
3 pc upstairs with router
4 yes have ethernet port

DCFC79

Leopard wrote: »

Probably not, if her Master Socket is downstairs and her computer is upstairs.

had'nt read it right

Fifer

Ok. So can you plug an ethernet cable from the PC to the router and plug the router into the phoneline? If so, then switch on the router, wait a few minutes and open up a browser window (Internet Explorer or Firefox).

Type 192.168.1.1 into the address bar, hit return and that should take you into a setup screen.

Let us know what happens.

ac

so basically i should just ignore the set up disk


k k

if im not back in 30 mins ya no ive messed everything up and cant get back :rotfl: