Setting up a wirelss laptop from Sky's Netgear router

ferry

Can anyone please help me set up my laptop to connect to the internet wirelessly..
Heres my current set up-main PC upstairs wired to Sky's standard white Netgear router.
I'd like to use a laptop downstairs wirelessly..

How do I set this up?My laptop will be wifi enabled but can I use the Netgear router to configure a wirelss laptop?

What do I do from here..?

Cheers as usual
Ferry

espresso

see here for more info.

cifpower

When I bought a laptop to replace my PC the wireless network was configured automatically. Maybe that's because I use Vista; I don't know for sure.

espresso

cifpower wrote: »

When I bought a laptop to replace my PC the wireless network was configured automatically. Maybe that's because I use Vista; I don't know for sure.

So are you saying that you did not have to enter any encryption key?

cifpower

espresso wrote: »

So are you saying that you did not have to enter any encryption key?

I don't think I did, no. Although I may have done but it was some time ago. I remember having to do that on the PC though.

espresso

cifpower wrote: »

I don't think I did, no. Although I may have done but it was some time ago. I remember having to do that on the PC though.

Well if you didn't enter the encryption key, your wireless in not secure and it should be checked.

cifpower

I have had a look and I can't even find a place to enter the encryption key

espresso

Quote:
Originally Posted by cifpower
I have had a look and I can't even find a place to enter the encryption key

If your wireless network is not encrypted it won't ask for a key. If you connected your replacement laptop computer without entering a key, your wireless is not encrypted and others can connect to it.

Some may think that Vista is good but it's not that clever! Check that you are secure.