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Help - cannot connect wireless internet

sammyjammy
sammyjammy Posts: 8,112 Forumite
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edited 24 December 2010 at 3:43PM in Broadband & internet access
I'm at my parents for the holidays and they have wifi access, as do I. my problem is as soon as I connect to their wireless router it disconnects me and says its user action thats causing it not to work. Could it be because at home I have cable internet?

I'm going mad already without my emails and haven't even been here for 24 hrs!

Is there something I need to change when not connecting via virgin cable?
"You've been reading SOS when it's just your clock reading 5:05 "

Comments

  • spike7451
    spike7451 Posts: 6,944 Forumite
    You need to set up a new wireless network as per your OS & the parents router.Running your parents broadband set up CD should do the trick.
  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Can you view your e-mails on your parents machine?
    That gum you like is coming back in style.
  • sammyjammy
    sammyjammy Posts: 8,112 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Sadly not, my emails are all set up in Microsoft outlook and its not a hotmail address.
    "You've been reading SOS when it's just your clock reading 5:05 "
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