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Wireless Router - Help Please!

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  • dormy
    dormy Posts: 254 Forumite
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    albertross wrote:
    is there a switch on the laptop to turn off the wireless card, sometimes it is a key combination.

    Sorry have no idea!

    What am I looking for? :o
    "You can't buy love, but you can pay heavily for it." Henry Youngman
  • albertross_2
    albertross_2 Posts: 8,932 Forumite
    turn the laptop off then, and use the pc in the config screen, then you should be able to see yours appear in the list when you switch the laptop back on.

    what model is the laptop
    Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:
  • dormy
    dormy Posts: 254 Forumite
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    Laptop off, still two connections showing on the netgear settings page, still get the error message in the run cmd box.

    Laptop is the Acer travelmate 2414 WLMI
    "You can't buy love, but you can pay heavily for it." Henry Youngman
  • dormy
    dormy Posts: 254 Forumite
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    On the netgear logon page I get router status advice showing two mac addresses - one saying ADSL port and one saying LAN port. The only difference is the mac addresses is the last letter
    "You can't buy love, but you can pay heavily for it." Henry Youngman
  • albertross_2
    albertross_2 Posts: 8,932 Forumite
    on the laptop screen, at the bottom, do you have any lights shaped like a satellite dish, is it lit?

    do you have any buttons number 1-6, and if so, does 6 have a satellite dish icon, if so press it.
    Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:
  • dormy
    dormy Posts: 254 Forumite
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    You're very patient!

    I can't find a satellite dish but can find the mac number for the laptop now I've switched it back on. Do I just check the box next to the right one and click add?
    "You can't buy love, but you can pay heavily for it." Henry Youngman
  • dormy
    dormy Posts: 254 Forumite
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    Not that I can see :cry:
    "You can't buy love, but you can pay heavily for it." Henry Youngman
  • albertross_2
    albertross_2 Posts: 8,932 Forumite
    do you have the manual?

    it does have wireless built in doesn't it?

    on the bottom right of the screen near the date, do you have a monitor icon with }} at the side?
    Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:
  • dormy
    dormy Posts: 254 Forumite
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    Can't see that icon either. It says wireless enabled with Acer Signal-Up. It connects to the internet so it must be wireless because it's not connected to anything else
    "You can't buy love, but you can pay heavily for it." Henry Youngman
  • albertross_2
    albertross_2 Posts: 8,932 Forumite
    try the ipconfig /all again then..
    Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:
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