Router

[garyblokeuk]

Read the tutorial. still cant figure it out. Ive brought a wireless broadband router. Do i need two modems? ive got the one on the internet connected pc.

so far ive put the cable which came with the router into the new pc and into the router. wot do i do now. The instructions are useluss!

cheers

[Zac]

The guide in the sticky at the top of the page covers it so much better than I could. Have you read the Beginners guide to home networking and file sharing? It is what you need and steps you through giving a good explanation of things along the way.

[garyblokeuk]

yes i have but it doesnt really explain it about wireless ones

[garyblokeuk]

Wireless PCI Lan 108 mbps Adapter

do i need one of these to recieve the data?

[Zac]

The principles are more or less the same the ease of setting up the wireless connection depends on the type of router it is What make and model is the router? What type of internet connection do you have? Your ideal setup would be.

Broadband internet connection plugs into wireless router.
which in turn feeds the internet connection to the pcs via your wireless access points

By the way if you have Windows Xp sp2 you cane use a wireless network setup wizard see this link
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0604.mspx

The link should work now

[Zac]

Sorry I was typing my response while you posted.

Before you begin you need your wireless router and a wirelss access point in each pc that will connect you can use one like you have found (there are heaps of different ones) for compatibility reasons I would go with the same brand as your router, or a pcmcia one for a laptop.

[garyblokeuk]

Its all goin over my head. Ive brought a wireless network adaptor.Please can someone explain it step by step. Ive got my main pc with the internet. this hasnt got a ethernet card. the other new pc in another room has a ethernet card. Do i need another ethernet card for the main pc. These acsess point things cost loads. i dont really want to buy one of those.

thanks alot

[nightheart]

Well I'll give it a whirl, wth, although I am a little confused by your answers. Do u have a wireless router or a wireless access point, as they are different things?

Ideal setup is this, cable/dsl modem connects to router (NOT ACCESS POINT), any PC or laptop with an ethernet connection can be hard wired to the router, through an ethernet (CAT5) cable. Any PC/laptop that you want to connect wirelessly needs to have a wireless card in it (PCI for Pc's, PCMCIA for laptops). There really is no main PC when using a router, as the router acts as your server and gateway to the internet.


You might have already gotten this far, so let us know where your at.

For the wireless setup, I'd stay away from the microsoft wizard, as its like most other M$ stuff, buggy. Install your drivers for wireless cards, and make sure WEP is turned off, for now. Your wireless cards should connect to the network pretty much automatically.

If not, double clicking the wireless network connection from the control panel/then network connections, and you should see your wireless network, and be able to select it, to connect to. After, and only after, everything is on the internet, make sure you turn WEP on, and set it up.

Help any?

[garyblokeuk]

yeh i think i get it. Its a wireless router. its connecting the modem to the router as its a usb one. would it be best 2 get a router with modem incorporated?

[garyblokeuk]

this wont work will it?

pci wireless card in internet pc. with wireless router in other pc. cos at the mo its saying the connection is shared?

[nightheart]

If your modem is USB, your better off getting either a router with a builtin modem, or getting your isp to send you a modem with an ethernet connection. if you opt for the builtin router/modem, just make sure your isp supports it, before you buy it.

As for the second post. I'm a little confuesd, again. Is your modem connected to a PC, and then the router connected through that PC? If thats the case, its a rather poor set-up, as the pc with the modem doesn't have the builtin firewall protection that most routers offer, and that pc will have to be turned on at all times, for other pc's to connect through it. You'll have to use that PC as a server.

[garyblokeuk]

yeh ive got it soted now. thanks for all the help