2 Desktop pc's via wireless

buster1967

Iam very sorry if this is on the forums but his is gettng on my nerves now. I use my main pc which my router is connected, its a wireless one a netgear 834pn one. my older pc i have the netgear usb adapter connected but for the life of me i cannot get it to work.

i know very little about networking.i want it so i can put the older pc into the daughters room so she can use the internet.


can someone please give me step by step guidance on what i need to do as iam tearing my hair out trying to get it woking.

my laptop is working fine i just cannot get my 2nd pc working via the netgear dongle adapter.

thanks for any help.

buster1967

Iam very sorry my thread is misleading what i should have posted was, i have two desktop pc's one which is connected to my netgear wireless router and my other desktop pc that i want to connect to the internet via my netgear dongle.

albertross_2

is it encrypted? what is happening when you try to connect

amcluesent

Some things you could check -

Does the old PC connect to Internet when wired to the router - is basic Windows networking is functioning?
Check USB adaptor s/w installed - is the dongle recognised when it's plugged in
Temporarily disable any firewall on the PC and try again
Check if your router has encryption and apply the key to the PC
Check if your router as MAC filtering and add the PC's MAC address to the list
Check the logs on the router to see if it's noticing any connection attemps

buster1967

Thing is it is picking up other peoples connections that live near me but i must be doing something wrong as nomatter what i do i cannot get it working.i put the ssid in and the encryption password in but nothing is working.

amcluesent when you say add the pc's Mac address do you mean the dongle as it is already in my router.

i have also put the dongles software in properly before i plugged in the dongle as it says in the instructions.

i thought all i had to do was install the software of the dongle plug it in and put the routers ssid name and the encryption password in for it to connect.


albertross i use the wpa encryption and when i try to connect the netgear's software just keeps trying to find a connection. if i were to plug the dongle into my laptop it works straight away so i dont know why it isnt working with my desktop pc.

albertross_2

When you install the dongle software, there is an option to let windows manage the wireless, try this instead of the netgear software. uninstall and reinstall the wg111? software.

If you are unable to see your ssid when you scan for networks, make sure it is set to be broadcast on the router http://192.168.0.1 admin password wireless settings, and ideally change the ssid to something random that doesn't identify you, then do a scan on the PC for wireless networks.

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buster1967

albertross thanks for all that information m8 its much appreciated i will certainly give it a go.:beer: