Please help before I cry

southernscouser

Bought a new router today and have the PC running off it via ethernet cable no problem.

However, I just can't get my laptop to connect to it wirelessly (and yes it is a wireless one lol). All I get is local access. If I connect via an ethernet cable it's fine.

I've tried googling and frankly it's left me more confused and wound up.

Edit: When I got it up and running on the PC, I inserted the disk and installed again on the laptop. Right now, with the laptop connected by an ethernet, down by the clock on the internet icon it says I'm currently connected to Network local and internet. Then below that the name I gave the router on the laptop (second time around) and Local only. :undecided

Is there a way of just starting again. lol

Fifer

Does the laptop detect your router's wireless network?

RussJK

The router will have come with instructions, which from experience are fairly easy for most to understand.

Take a look for it and see how you go, and if you get stuck at a specific step then by all means ask for help with that bit.

If this happens, or if for some reason there aren't any instructions, you might also mention the router brand/model as well.

Valli

have you 'searched' for the router and do you have to enter a code (I did and DS wouldn't help me so I had to figure it out by myself! what IS the point of teenagers if they don't do the techie stuff?)

southernscouser

Fifer wrote: »

Does the laptop detect your router's wireless network?

Yeah. Finds it no problem. And connects but with local access only. :undecided

southernscouser

RussJK wrote: »

The router will have come with instructions, which from experience are fairly easy for most to understand.

Take a look for it and see how you go, and if you get stuck at a specific step then by all means ask for help with that bit.

If this happens, or if for some reason there aren't any instructions, you might also mention the router brand/model as well.

The instructions are pretty much; insert cd.

It's a Netgear N150

southernscouser

Edited the op

santer_2

The manual is here

ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/WNR1000_SM_WW_23Jan09.pdf

Did it offer click and push?

Fifer

What is your operating system? What wireless security are you using (WEP or WPA and is both router and laptop set for the same)?

The_pc_tech

Sounds poss like DNS, what version of Windows do you have?

southernscouser

Fifer wrote: »

What is your operating system? What wireless security are you using (WEP or WPA and is both router and laptop set for the same)?

Vista. I have no idea what that is but think it's WPA/WPA2?