broadband -- i want to go wireless, how do i do it ??

albertross_2

what do you see

kurjam

wireless connection status box...
says
status - connected
duration . clocks ticking
speed 11 mbps per second
activity - packets sent 48 (going up continuasly)
receiving nothing

then 2 tabs disable and properties

albertross_2

properties

kurjam

albertross wrote: »

properties

it says....

connect using ieee802.11b wlan network adapter pc card

white box below that
components check
client for microsoft networks
file and printer sharing for microsoft networks
internet protocol (tcp/ip)
these are all ticked....


just to add, gone into netgear, wlan wireless settings
clicked sire survey, pressed scan and it came up with jen net..
checked back and we had a signal (but thats not our internet)
so we must be connecting on someone elses, maybe i not set the router up right !!!

kurjam

kurjam wrote: »

it says....

connect using ieee802.11b wlan network adapter pc card

white box below that
components check
client for microsoft networks
file and printer sharing for microsoft networks
internet protocol (tcp/ip)
these are all ticked....


just to add, gone into netgear, wlan wireless settings
clicked sire survey, pressed scan and it came up with jen net..
checked back and we had a signal (but thats not our internet)
so we must be connecting on someone elses, maybe i not set the router up right !!!

extra info ----
we scaned again and it came up with h*** (our name)
signal says great, but we not connected !!

albertross_2

is the wireless switch (left hand side), and light on, on the laptop

you need to scan on the laptop, and connect to the netgear, not the other way around

kurjam

albertross wrote: »

is the wireless switch (left hand side), and light on, on the laptop

we can not see a switch on left hand side, there is 3 green lights on the front of laptop and 3 not lit....

just going to see if i can find an online manual to tell you what green lights are on ..

albertross_2

when looking from the front, there should be a switch on the left hand side of the front panel, next to volume control

the wifi light is to the left of it.

kurjam

doh.... stupid or what (me i mean)
there is a light its amber colour ...

albertross_2

somewhere, there will be a screen, a scanner, a utility to connect to your router, if you can see it in control panel, networks, or in control panel, try looking at the start, programs menu's, or searching for wireless. When you find it, you will have to connect to your ssid, and enter the wep key for your router.

if you have used wpa for the router encryption, change it to wep.