Help Wireless Dongle

dexyblue

Hi, I am in need of help, I have cable broadboand but want to move the pc from down to upstairs so I bought Router (safecom) and a USB dongle (newlink)
The pc works fine with the ethernet cable plugged in but with the dongle in will only connect to certain sites, I have tried disabling firewalls etc but still cant connect (Facebook)
Also have the same problem with laptop (borrowed from nephew)

It is driving me round the twist,:mad: can someone help please?
TIA

4743hudsonj

dexyblue wrote: »

Hi, I am in need of help, I have cable broadboand but want to move the pc from down to upstairs so I bought Router (safecom) and a USB dongle (newlink)
The pc works fine with the ethernet cable plugged in but with the dongle in will only connect to certain sites, I have tried disabling firewalls etc but still cant connect (Facebook)
Also have the same problem with laptop (borrowed from nephew)

It is driving me round the twist,:mad: can someone help please?
TIA

ok from dongle i assume you mean just a wireless antenna as such?

and its probably due to some sort of protection in the router.

i had this problem once, all i had to do was to use the original cd i got with the router and it worked.

weegie.geek

You need to tell us more. What's the error when it won't load a site?

Can you access http://69.63.184.142/ ?

Fifer

4743hudsonj wrote: »

ok from dongle i assume you mean just a wireless antenna as such?

No, it'll be a USB Wireless Access Point (WiFi adapter). I've never seen a USB antenna.

4743hudsonj

Fifer wrote: »

No, it'll be a USB Wireless Access Point (WiFi adapter). I've never seen a USB antenna.

still not clear what it is, dongles are the usb mobile modems that you get from phone shops for internet on the go, but you have a router so this doesnt make sense??

a antenna would just be something that screws into the desktop to pick up the wireless signal from a router ( sometimes confused with a hub).

so which is it?

Sput2001

4743hudsonj wrote: »

still not clear what it is, dongles are the usb mobile modems that you get from phone shops for internet on the go, but you have a router so this doesnt make sense??

a antenna would just be something that screws into the desktop to pick up the wireless signal from a router ( sometimes confused with a hub).

so which is it?

I suspect it's a USB wireless adapter. If I were a betting man I'd say it was this one.

The word dongle is sometimes used to refer to them, and they're more than just an antenna.

devizes18193

try this
- Click on Start -> Run and type in cmd and click on OK
- In the Command Prompt, type in telnet 192.168.2.1 (press enter)
Username = admin
Password = the password used to login to the router interface
- Type in - firewall set IDS blacklist disable (: CASE Sensitive)
- Close the open window

- You should then be able to access this site with no problems.

- Please note that if the router is re-powered for some reason you will need to perform this procedure again.

Fifer

4743hudsonj wrote: »

still not clear what it is, dongles are the usb mobile modems that you get from phone shops for internet on the go

Strictly speaking, a dongle is a hardware device preventing unauthorised use of software, but it tends to be used for pretty much any sort of USB adapter these days, including mobile broadand adapters.