Quick question. Have been on broadband at home for ages. All worked fine.
When I moved house I thought would be ideal time to try going wireless.
Setup is
XP SP2, 3.2GHZ, 512RAM, 50GB HD.
Is brand new laptop so know that isn't the issue. Had broadband installed
today and works fine via LAN cable into the laptop. A friend gave me his
old router and want to know if it is possible to use it instead of getting
a new one. Is SMC7004AWBR. Pretty old school (eg no XP instructions in the
manual which i downloaded. Eg doesnt have a USB port so cant just use the
XP wizard)
Problem is I can seemingly set up a network which is recognised by my
laptop and signal strength is full. Though when I try to plug the LAN from
the cable modem into the router, I can't get online. Can anyone tell me
a)if they think it is possible to hook it up and b) if so give me a
walkthrough of which settings to change.
the problem probably lies with your ISP settings in the router itself. they
tend to remain in the router and you probably need to input fresh data such
as DNS gateway,,, access points etc. just get hold of the documentation
from your contract with your broadband provider and you should have all the
info there, otherwise ring them and ask them for the settings. you might
have to connect with a cable to the router to change settings. otherwise
try 192.168.1.1/default.htm this is the default access point for changing
settings on the router itself.
