Wireless Internet NTL

nicky86

I have just bought a laptop and wanted to set up a wireless network so that i can use the internet on it. I have bought the Belkin Wireless G Router, but when i tried to connect it up to the main computer, it couldn't recognise the router.
I have NTL broadband connected to the main comp, through a small blue box that goes into the USB port. So i used the modem from this box and put it into the router and then plugged the blue cable that came in the pack, into the usb box.
Can anybody help me? Im not sure if i have done it wrong

richyrichuk

do ukno if ur internet is ADSL or cable??

do you have to dial up to get on the internet?

banger9365

first off is the belkin for cable (if not take it back )your blue box ( http://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/ntl250a.jpg
) should have a usb and a ethernet port on ( http://wiki.pomona.edu/pub/FAQ/NetworkDormSetup/LaptopEthernet.JPG ) and the belkin should have a "connection to modem on" mine has .
connect the the blue box and the belkin using the port in the pic and to the connect to modem port on router ,you will have four more on the belkin numdered 1~4 plug in to one and find the port in the pic on the back off your pc and plug in to it ,turn the blue box off for a few mins and turn it back on and it should work

richyrichuk

belkins dont have USB ports on the routers....

so if he is cable gonna have to switch his modem to a ethernet

and if he is ADSL he can just plug that into his router...if its a ADSL router

espresso

nicky86 wrote: »

I have just bought a laptop and wanted to set up a wireless network so that i can use the internet on it. I have bought the Belkin Wireless G Router, but when i tried to connect it up to the main computer, it couldn't recognise the router.
I have NTL broadband connected to the main comp, through a small blue box that goes into the USB port. So i used the modem from this box and put it into the router and then plugged the blue cable that came in the pack, into the usb box.
Can anybody help me? Im not sure if i have done it wrong

Disconnect the USB cable (no longer required) and connect the NTL modem to the router using the Ethernet cable. Follow the instructions provided with the router.

nicky86

the internet is cable. Its not dial up thought its broadband.

its the modem which goes into a blue box an then the other end has a usb connection so that u can connect it to the computer.

what is ethernet??

nicky86

my blue box is not the same as the one in the link which BANGOR9365 posted! it is just a small box!
i cant find a port in the back of the pc to put the other end of the blue cable into, where about would it be??

espresso

Are you saying that you did not get any instructions with your Belkin router?

nicky86

yeah i did get the instructions with it. im just really confused because we have this small box in the usb port which no-one else seems to have and im not sure where the port is on the back of the computer where the modem is meant to be plugged in to.

espresso

You can no longer use USB with a router. You need an Ethernet port on your PC like this:



You may not have one!

nicky86

and the ethernet cable is the blue cable that comes with the router??
not very clever when it comes to computers haha