Wireless USB & AOL

Kingsd316

Hi all,

Im having trouble getting this:http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/store/cur_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1126772198.1172742118@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccddaddkfkghlhkcflgceggdhhmdgml.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=369188&category_oid=

to work with my AOL wireless router which is this one http://www.netgear.co.uk/home_networking_package.php?type=h

i have installed all the relevent software and the wireless USB is showing connected with excellent signal strenght, but when i try to load up aol it just doesnt work, if i plug the ethernet cable in and try AOL it works perectly, does anyone have any ideas as to what im doing wrong??

Thanks

espresso

You have not mentioned wireless encryption, is the netgear encrypted? If it is, WEP or WPA?

Kingsd316

Its wep (13 digits) that i set myself when i installed the AOL & Netgear software.

when i origianally linked the USB stick to my named network it asked me for this which imputted, it then aquired an IP address, said connected with an excellent signal strength, but as soon as i umplugged the ethernet cable and tried to connected wirelessly it wouldnt work, even though it was saying connected along the bottom (by the clock)

cledor

Kingsd316 wrote:

Its wep (13 digits) that i set myself when i installed the AOL & Netgear software.

when i origianally linked the USB stick to my named network it asked me for this which imputted, it then aquired an IP address, said connected with an excellent signal strength, but as soon as i umplugged the ethernet cable and tried to connected wirelessly it wouldnt work, even though it was saying connected along the bottom (by the clock)

My Netgear treats the wired connection as a different IP address from wireless, suggest you get into the configuration screen and ensure that the wireless device is attached and if using mac address filtering it's mac address is enabled. Best do your setting up without encryption then switch on the encryption once you've completed successful setup, saves a lot of bother.

ormus

in my experience, never buy any belkin product. they have given me no end of grief. spent all day trying to get a wifi router to work once.
completely useless.

netgear is brilliant though. esp the dg834, simple setup and very quick too.
always try and keep your home networking products from the same maker.
it just makes sense.