Setting Up Home Wireless Network Knowledge Base
Manually setting up a wireless network for Windows Home XP? This is unusual. My laptop connects perfectly to my wireless network at the office, using a D-Link. I am trying to set up a wireless network at home, and have tried 2 routers - a Trennet and a Linksys. Each says I have connected to the internet with a "good" connection, but nothing comes across on the screen. When I connect the DSL modem directly to the computer, it works perfectly. It pings on direct modem connect, does not ping on wireless connect. Something is interfering somewhere on my try to set up a home network Any ideas? Can I set yo the modem (192.168.1.1) manually?
Idiots guide to setting up a home wireless network.? I need to set up a home wireless network. I hvae no idea how to do it or what i need exactly. Can someone point me to a good website that will tell me exactly how to do it. Thanks
Can you connect Razor cell to home wireless network by setting up web browser settings? I have Razor V3 and Netgear wireless router, but no data services on cell phone plan.
Need some help in setting up a home wireless network? Okay, so I'm gonna get Hughes Net (high speed satellite internet), and I want to create a wireless network at my house. How can I do this?
Setting up a wireless home network help? I want to set up a small home network with 3 desktop PC's so that all 3 can access the internet and nobody punches anyone else for computer time. All I care about is access to the internet at good speeds for all 3 comps. PC 1 is brand new and pretty darn sweet - Vista Home Premium PC 2 is a 3 year old Dell Dimension 3000 - XP PC 3 is some kind of 5 year old EMachines - XP Everything I know about networking I've discovered in the last 2 days researching online but I don't know if I'm missing something. I'm getting a Linksys WRT54GS router and two Linksys WUSB54G USB adaptors. Is it as easy as plugging in the two adaptors in PC 2 and 3 while attaching the router to PC 1 and going through the various install and prompts? Is there something else that I'm going to need to buy to hook everything up or just the router and adaptors? Will older computers work with this? Is it ok with one of the comps running Vista with the other two running XP? Any help is greatly appreciated. You guys are great! Thanks a ton.
After setting my up wireless home network, I want to protect it from public access. How do I do this? I want to prevent others from accessing it and snoping on my data
Can anyone give me detailed instructions for setting up a wireless network at home? I have a tower and a laptop that have Wireless-G USB adapters connected to the internet via a router connected to the main computer in the house. Can I set up a network between my two wireless adapters without a router of my own? Is so, please give detailed instructions. I'm very computer savvy but networking is just something I've never gotten into. Thanks.
setting up a home wireless network? Is there any way to set up a home network with at least 3 computers without going through a cable or dsl provider? ok so if they are networked together will we be able to get on the internet or not? ive heard that when it comes to cable...if i get a splitter and a cable modem i can just hook up the cable to the cable modem and then hook the computers up to the modem and have internet....would something like that work? ok so if they are networked together will we be able to get on the internet or not? ive heard that when it comes to cable...if i get a splitter and a cable modem i can just hook up the cable to the cable modem and then hook the computers up to the modem and have internet....would something like that work? would i beable to surf the internet though......im not looking to share files and what not......i need to have access to the internet....without and isp perferrably do i need an isp for setting up a home network or can i bet by without having an isp but still be able to surf the internet?
Problems setting up wireless home network with Vista and Linksys? We have recently purchased a new laptop with Vista to replace an old pc. As several family members have laptops (also vista) we decided to set up a wireless network using a Linksys wireless G router. I connected the ethernet wires as instructed and had to set up the router manually as a PPPoE. This appeared fine the internet worked through the hardline but when I went to log on wirelessly there was no network detected. I then used the CD set up disk to change the settings and the network appeared but it is not possible to connect to the internet. the network is a stand alone network for file sharing. The laptop hard wired into the router has internet but it says that this is on another network. After mapping the networks the modem is not connecting the wireless network to the internet. I have tried resetting things several times and am stuck. Help would be appreciated
How do you set up a wireless home network and share computers between the parents but not the children? This seems like it would be something lots of people would need --- set up a wireless home network and share things on computers with Mon & Dad but not with the children --- but I can't find anything on this. I think I even got my system to do it once but I forgot how. Anbody know how to do this?
How to set up a home wireless network? i haven't bought any equipment. i plan to use it for file-sharing such as games. but i read i have to buy (network cards) but i don't know if it is the same as (network adapters). i don't know how to set up all the router wiring from my broadband internet connection. i have three unused computers which i plan to use. but the Access Point, wiring, configuration, and everything related seems difficult. i would really appreciate step-by-step instructions WITH NO DIFFICULT WORDS I WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND throughout the connection of my wireless network of three computers using high speed internet from TWC(timewarnercable). I have read many articles about this but i just don't find the easiest way of setting up my three computers using routers, network cards, ethernet connections, and configuration.
how do i set up a wireless home network where one computer has windows xp and one has windows vista? I have a laptop that has windows vista and a pc that has windows xp and I would like to set up a wireless network between the two with printer sharing.
I need help setting up a wireless home network !? I have a Linsys router and wired it to my Vaio desktop and the internet works on the desktop. I have a Dell notebook with built in wireless and connects to the access point and is able to use the internet at 54mbps. The problem I am having is enabling File Sharing and Printer Sharing between my laptop and my desktop. I have created a network but the desktop does not detect the laptop under the workgroup computers tab and the laptop does not detect the desktop. I have both pc's setup to share folders such as my documents and I have configured the printer to be shared over the network but when I try to access the network on my laptop it says that I do not have permission and when I access it on my desktop it doesnt have any computers listed as being in the network. Please, any help would greatly be appreciated ! btw.....the desktop has xp media center with service pack 2 and the laptop has xp pro with service pack 2 and I will soon be getting a vaio laptop with xp home with service pack 2 My Windows Firewall is configured to allow File and Printer Sharing and my Norton Firewall is off. As it turns out the Norton firewall was on and it was not allowing the file/printer sharing so instead of turning it off I just configured the Norton firewall to allow it and now it works great ! Thanks for all the help and I will choose a best answer in the morning Well last night it worked but this morning I get on to try it and it is saying that I dont have permission again. I went over everything that ya'll have mentioned but so far it still doesnt work.
How do I set up a Linksys wireless home network? I have never used a Linksys router before, I'm trying to set up a home network for a pc running Windows XP which will be wired to the router, and a new iMac that will be connected wirelessly. Just wondering if anyone has any step by step directions on setting up a linksys router.
What do I need to buy to set up my own home wireless network? I want to set up my own home wireless network, I was wondering what I would need to buy in order to do that. My laptop already has built in wireless internet.
what hardware would I need to set up a home wireless network? I have a HP Pavilion pc with a Linksys Etherfast 10/100 PCI adapter installed. I am on Verizon broadband using a Westell 6100 modum. I have purchased but not installed a Linksys Wireless Router G with speedbooster. I have a Compaq Laptop Presario M2000 that has a Realtek RT8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC. I want to set up the wireless netword in my home - the PC would be wired and the notebook wireless. The distance between them is a little less than 50 feet. What additional hardware would I need for the notebook? Thanks for any help!!
Has anyone succesfully set up a wireless home network with a Bigpond wireless broadband service? I have a laptop which has the USB wireless modem attached, the PC can access the laptop via a wireless network with the exception of internet access, Telstra told me it could be done while a PC company in my area said it couldn't be done. Has anyone had this problem and solved it? Both computers are Windows XP and I am using a D Link wireless router.
how do i set up my home wireless network? I have a desktop pc which i know doesnt have a wireless network adapter, I have a cable modem with a wired ethernet internet connection, what do i need to buy/do so that I can have my nintendo wii and my desktop pc wirelessly connected to the internet in my home?
How to set up an home wireless network between a laptop and a pc? I have a wireless router and both pc and laptop wirless hard ware. just couldn't connect them up. and anyone tell me how to?
What do I need to set up a home wireless network? I apologize because my knowledge here is very limited. I have a work laptop and a home desktop that was purchased 2 years ago. I know it's about $70 to purchase a linksys router. What else will I need? Probably a network card for my desktop I'm guessing. What are the other expenses that go into this? Is there a monthly charge? Like I said, I have no idea what I'm doing and where to start!
How do I set up a wireless home network with a desktop, laptop and printers with a wireless firewall router? We have a laptop and desktop- both used for business and personal use. We would like to have a wireless home network, with our printer, so the desktop and the laptop can connect to the same thing, with our printer. We were thinking something along the lines of two user profiles- one business and one personal- and both computers can connect to each of these profiles, and the files can be sort of 'synchronised' whenever the laptop is in range- incase it has been taken away from home for business use. We have a wireless firewall router. One of the two printers is wireless (bluetooth) and the laptop is bluetooth, if that makes any difference. The only problem is we have no real idea how to do this! Is this possible? Mail me with step by step instructions if the answer thing is not sufficient. Any thing would be a great help!
Setting up Iphone onto my home wireless network? My Iphone will not accept the password that I use on my netgear router to let me join the wirless network in my house. When I am prompted for the password on the iphone, surely it's the same password that I use to log-in to the router? Please help
How to set up Home network with wireless desktop? Hello, I need help? I set up a home network as follows: 1)The cable wire located in my bedroom is connected "from" the wall "to" my motorola cable modem. 2) One end of an ethernet cable is connected "from" the cable modem, and the other end of the same ethernet connected "to" a d-link wireless router . 3) One end of 2nd ethernet cable is connected "from" the wireless router "to" the ethernet "slot" of my Desktop PC. Now I want to use my desktop, but not in my bebroom since I think it must stay there always wired right? Does a PC has to be wired somewhere at the central wireless network location for the network to function properly? oR can the router does it alone? My question is that someone told me that I can just leave the wireless router in my BRoom and simple move the desktop to maybe near the kitchen and use a "USB desktop wireless" card to use the Desktop wirelessly..is that possible? If it's possible, what's a good USB desktop wireless card? Thanks Also, the reason that I had set up my network central location in my bedroom is that the bedroom has the best Internet reception. The connection is more reliable there since it's the closest to the cable telephone pole. The cable guy installed cable wires from the cable telephone pole to all around my house with a lot of cable splitters, which maybe the problem. So, the cable reception is very weak in the all other rooms causing the Internet connection to drop very frequenty driving me crazy. Does anyone know if cable splitters cause their internet connection to drop or cause weak internet connections because of distance between the pole or cable splitters? I don't want to keep calling the cable company to fix this. Is there a quick do it your self solution for me such as re-running the cable wires, buying better cable splitters in order to avoid getting constantly disconnected? Thanks in advance To respond to the 1st answer..I already have a wireless router
What is a good set up for a wireless home network? What is a good set up for a wireless home network? Any tips? This will be my first one I have set up. Should my modem be the same make as my router?
I need help setting up a wireless network in my home. Can someone please help me? I have a wireless g router that I cannot figure out how to use. I have read the instructions but I seem to be missing something. I want to only hook up my 2 laptops to use my DSL modem that is hooked up to a PC and make it wireless so that I may use my 2 laptops from any room in the house. Both laptops have wireless cards. I use Yahoo DSL I'm operating system is WinXP on all computers. One more thing do I have to run a network setup wizard on each computer in the house
How do I set up wireless home network by wireless Gateway and wireless Access Point (AP)? Dear all, May I ask if possible that I set up my wireless home network by wireless Gateway and wireless Access Point (AP)? Currently, I got wireless ORINOCO BG2000 and a wireless trendnet Access point and a wired cable modem. My home wireless network is used to work with wireless Gateway and wired cable modem. The connection works fine except I found my room cannot receive the connection signal clearly. May I ask if I can extend my network with wireless Access point? I tried that but the network connection cannot work by receive signal from connect AP to the Gateway nor just to the modem, but only works on a connection of a single wireless Gateway and a wired modem. Any possibility I can improve the performance by adding AP on the connection? Thanks for advise. Regards, Eric
How do you set up a wireless home network? I have connected a desktop PC and a laptop to the internet wirelessly but I can't set them up as a home net work. A clear and full explaination will be very helpful.
How do I set up a wireless home network? I have a dell desktop and a dell laptop. We purchased a belkin wireless router but I cannot figure out how to set it up so that my laptop can use the wireless interenet connection. I need it explained in dummy terms lol so that I can do it myself. Any ideas?
How do I set up a wireless home network with an older PC? Home broadband system is on an older (non-wireless) PC. New laptop has Centrino. How can I use my existing broadband that is physically connected to the old PC and 'transmit' and share it within our house?
Setting up a Wireless Home Network? I want to make my personal 2 rooms fully wireless.I'm having a WiFi Enabled notebook and I'm using internet through a Adsl modem(beetel 220bx)....I know that I need wireless router also to setup a wireless neetwork....is there anything more I need to establish a wireless home network...........?? please help me out....
Can I set up a wireless home network if my main pc is running Windows XP Home? OK, my set-up is as follows: I have a PC running Windows XP Home edition connected via a cable to a wireless router. I have a laptop running Windows XP Pro with a wifi card which can pick up the internet wirelessly from the wireless router. What I want is to access the data on my PC on my laptop. I have switched on file sharing, I have run the network wizards, etc, etc. My laptop can 'see' my PC but not access any drives/fiels, my PC sees nothing!!! I have been told that the problem is due to only having Home on my PC - do you think this is correct? If not, any other ideas??? thanks
Setting up home network/internet sharing with wireless broadband? I have wireless broadband (through the PCI Card) on my laptop. I now wish to share the internet connection with my home computer but I'm not sure how to do it. I have a wireless router but I don't think I can use it as i have wireless broadband. Am a complete novice and need some basic instructions on how to set it up. Thanks in advance
How can I set up a home wireless network(for internet)? I have 2 desktops and a laptop....For Internet I have comcast Cable connection....Basically I want them all to access the internet... b/c on one computer they are using dial-up!!!! I know I need wireless cards for the desktops(and a router?)....what else? how do i do it? Also how do I protect my computers from unwanted attackes or people using MY network? Is regular firewall (& AntiVirus )on each computer enough?? will it be cheaper or should I just ask comcast to do it(I think they charge a 1-2 hundred....)? Please help or list a GOOD website that describes.... Thanks I'm certain the desktops need wireless cards.. right? Are they easy to install (like extra memory is?)... whats the average $$?
How do I set up a home wireless network? Ok, I got SBC Yahoo DSL on our main computer in the garage. I want to be able to have Internet connection on another computer in the living room. What do I need to buy? I can get Internet signal on a PSP, so do I still need a router? What does the other computer need to receive Internet signals from the DSL modem? Sorry, I don't know much about this stuff.
Setting up a home wireless network with a cable modem and my desktop needing a USB connection (no ethernet)? I have a cable modem that Comcast says will only accept one output connection. My old desktop (allready set up) has only a USB connection to connect to the modem. When I hook up the router (Linksys N) and keep my desktop connection my connections completely stops working. Without spending too much $$, how can I hook up my new laptop via the Draft N wireless way and keep my desktop also hooked up to the internet. Is there a router or another device that will allow both hook ups? remember cheap...what about adding an ethernet port to my Window ME 7 yr old Dell?
I need help setting up my home wireless network so we can share files? I have 3 computers on my wireless internet network. They all can get access to the internet, but I want to all the computers to be able to connect with each other and share files and programs. My sons computer has a very small hard disk and I would like him to save downloads and play games from my computer. I have tried to make a seperate wireless network between computers, but when we do that we loose the internet network. Could someone please direct me to where I could get instructions on how to do this. I know it is possible, because thats what we have at work.
how do i set up a wireless home network for file and printer sharing? Already sharing broadband conn w/router? I have a netgear wireless g router and set it up to share the cable connection fairly easy. Now I want to share the files on my desktop and the printer. I have gone through the Network setup wizards (both pc and notebook are running on Win XP). I can see the notebook from my pc's network profile but when i click on it, it says I dont have access. From my notebook, I dont see the PC (host) at all.
Manually setting up a wireless network for Windows Home XP? This is unusual. My laptop connects perfectly to my wireless network at the office, using a D-Link. I am trying to set up a wireless network at home, and have tried 2 routers - a Trennet and a Linksys. Each says I have connected to the internet with a "good" connection, but nothing comes across on the screen. When I connect the DSL modem directly to the computer, it works perfectly. It pings on direct modem connect, does not ping on wireless connect. Something is interfering somewhere on my try to set up a home network Any ideas? Can I set yo the modem (192.168.1.1) manually?
Can you help me set up a home network wireless router to access files across computers: XP, 2000, 98 & Macs? I want to be able to share & retrieve various files across all platforms in the house (Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98, Mac OS X (10.4) & OS 9.2). Can it be done? Can it be done securely? Only laptop at present is wireless, but I have PC cards for others if needed to make this work (otherwise, I assume they should remain wired connections to help secure the network-am I right?). Also, while I'm at it, what are WEP, MAC & any other encryption settings that I need to make to help secure this network to make it work? Thanks in advance for any help with this since I'm not sure where to start.
Help. I have a home wireless network set up and its slow.? I just upgraded my ATT / SBC Yahoo DSL to a faster line and its slower. I have a Linksys Wireless G 2.4 GHZ router (WRT54G) and a Siemans router 4100. When I connect directly to the modem its faster but slows down when I go wireless to the router. I've been on the phone for hrs with ATT and Linksys and still can't figure this out. I have a desktop and a laptop connected to the wireless network and I have a security WEP set up so no one else is cluttering the line. Can it be that I need a new router? or WHAT ELSE CAN IT BE, I NEED SUGGESTIONS. This is driving me crazy. THANKS SO MUCH!!!! I'm sorry, yes the Siemans is a Modem. Its slower than 54mbs when I went to speed test it was 6.3 kbbs, it takes literally minutes to load. Yes, I have a WEP. Wireless connection says EXCELLENT. I have had this connection for over a year then only recent difference is that I changed with ATT to a faster speed connection. Wireless is in same room. I already tried turning everything on and off several times. I even reset my router and went through the who setting again this time to 11 not 6. Both the desktop and the laptop are slow unless I connect one of them directly to the modem then its gets moving quickerr.
Why does my laptop crash everytime I set up my home wireless network? I'm using a d-link rangebooster G wireless router
Wireless home network set up? I have two desktops and one laptop I want to have in a wireless home network. I already share wireless internet in all of them. my main desktop computer is connected to the wireless router and the other desktop and the laptop connect to the router wirelessly. I want to share files and share the printer as well. how can I do that. every time I run the wireless home network wizard the main computer (desktop) won't see the shared folders. and the other computers wont see the printer please help Thanks ars1co
setting up a wireless home network.? Hi, I have a pc running windows xp without wireless capabilities. But I know I need to buy extras to make it so. Now i am looking to buy two laptops for the children and I seem only able to find them with windows vista. Can I make a network with computers running different operating systems?.
Do I need to set-up my in home wireless network through my existing PC? I just bought a new laptop and linksys wireless router from Best Buy today. My parents, for whatever reason, do not want our desktop to be connected to the wireless network and the set-up disk only explains how to instal the network using your desktop in the network. I don't know much about computers, hopefully this is easy to do? any help would be greatly appreciated.
How to set new laptop so it will pick up my home wireless network connection? We have a wired/wireless network already set up here in our home, with a laptop wireless connected to it, and two wired desktops connected as well. This network was set up by the guys at Circuit City. I bought a used laptop with XP and it has a wireless network card. When I plug it into the network via the Ethernet cable (wired)... the internet works, and we can share files, etc. But when I try to pick up the wireless signal, it won't work. What might I have forgotten to do? Should I be using the drivers that go with the network card....? Or... do I have to reset the connection so that it uses the wireless router's driver? It seems to me that with a WiFi card, it should pick up any wireless network in the area, so why won't it pick up the one here in our home?
Can anyone give me detailed instructions for setting up a wireless network at home? I have a tower and a laptop that have Wireless-G USB adapters connected to the internet via a router connected to the main computer in the house. Can I set up a network between my two wireless adapters without a router of my own? Is so, please give detailed instructions. I'm very computer savvy but networking is just something I've never gotten into. Thanks. Here's the setup. There are currently 5 computers in the house. The main one (and the router through which we all get internet) is located in another part of the house. Two other roomates are connected to that router and I have two computers connected as well. I don't know what kind of router it is...whatever Verizon installed. Leaving all the other computers and the router downstairs out of the picture, can I just network my two computers together using my wireless-G adapters?
I need help setting up 2 home wireless networks, both G and N, with multiple ethernet access points.? I want 2 home wireless networks--G for kids and N for me. I have 9 devices needing ethernet access points--Tivo, PS3, Vonage, etc. Will the following work? I connect a basic switch to my cable modem, attach a G-wireless router to one of the switch's ports and N-wireless router to another. With the wired ethernet access points on the switch and two routers, I should have enough to connect all of my devices. My kids will only be set up to use the G network and share files on it. My computer will be set up with access to the G and N networks and able to access files/fully monitor both. Would this work? Is there something better? Could you attach the N to the cable modem and then the G and a switch to the N ports? Or could I just use an N and larger switch, and limit the kids access to my computer/files through software/network setup? I need to buy a switch and N router--any recommendations on good ones from a local CC, BB, etc? Thanks for any help you can provide! If two routers is too complicated, I can just have an N router connected to my cable modem. The problem is I don't have enough wired ethernet access points on the N router. Can I plug a switch into one of the router's ports to gain more access points? And any recommendations on the best N router and switch I could buy at a local large electronics store?
I am setting up a wireless network in my home. What hardware do I need, and how do I do it? I have a desktop and laptop that will share a printer. I have approx 3500 sq foot house and desire reliable connectivity throughout the house. I have a wireless network card for my laptop, but need to know the best wireless router to buy given my scenario, and also any other hardware that I may need such as a switch. I am a network novice and need help. Thanks to all that respond.
How can I setup up a wireless home network? Hi, how can I set up a wireless home network? Can someone pls show me the detail steps? I have a laptop and desktop, both using wireless internet. Thanks!
How do I set up a wireless home network between two desktop computers running different operating systems? I have a computer in my study downstairs that is connected to a Linksys cable gateway. The OS is Vista. The computer upstairs has a little cheap USB network adapter that I bought for about $14.00 and I'm running Windows XP on it. I can connect to the internet on both but I can't share files and folders between these two computers. I'm trying to set up a local area network in my home so that I can share files and eventually printers between these two computers. Is this impossible? Please help.
Help setting up my home network.? I have a desktop compaq that is hooked directly to a Netgear wgt624 router that is hooked up to a modem. I have 3 laptops ( one gateway, 2 toshibas). All are windows xp home except one toshiba is windows vista. All the computers can connect to the wpa protected wireless router. I am trying to set up a network with these 4 comps to share files and a printer. I have tried running through both home network wizard and wireless network wizard with no success. None of the computers recognize the other computers as part of a network in order to share files. If someone could help explain what I need to do to set up a network that allows the computers to be listed on the other computers then I understand how to share the files and printer. But I cannot find a way to get the computers to recognize one another.
setting up wireless network? i want to set up wireless network at home .i bought a router but am confused betwwen the wires .can anyone give me step by step instruction to set up wirelss network
i need help to set up a wireless home network please!!!? ok so on our current computer i have our cable modem---then i have a wireless router----then our computer. so for my new desktop to be able to access the internet do i need to buy a desktop wirless network adapter card for my desktop or do i need to just buy another wireless router like i already have?
Delete a home Network set up by the home network wizard? Hi i really need to know how to do this fast. Yesterday i got bt wireless. I have a laptop so i set it up on it. Then i wanted to see what the "set up a wirless network for a home or small office" did i clicked it and followed the steps. I then set it up on my dads work laptop. It didn't work on his for some reason. Anyway how do you delete a home wireless network so it does not appear when you click the set up a wirless network for a home or small business.
I had set up the home wireless network. Hoping to transfer the old files(pics, videos)...? to the new desktop. Then I can burn them to a disc(old pc doesn't have that software). But I just couldn't 'share' them. Need advice. Many thanks.
how do i set up a wireless home network to share data? I have 1 pc desktop & 2 mac laptops currently connected to the internet via linksys 802.11g wireless router
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