broonaldo
Newbie  Posts: 2 Registered: 3/9/05 Status: Offline |
posted on 3/9/05 at 19:21
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Hi, I've installed a belkin router (belkin F5D7632UK4) at my girlfriends
house with a view to both sharing the broadband connection with two
laptops.
One has in-built wireless capability (a HP machine which has built-in
wireless and lets windows handle it's wireless config) and on the other we
installed a wireless network card (belkin F5D7010UK on a compaq machine).
This seemed to work correctly for around two weeks until, when both
machines were being used at the same time, the connection to the compaq
machine initially disappeared. The lights on the card would be on, the
utility would see the router etc..however it would intermittedly 'pass
out'. the lights would go off and the connection disappear. This made
accessing the internet impossible and very annoying seeing as it is a
belkin router and a belkin network card.
I reinstalled the card to see if that would fix it but it didn't. I then
clicked the checkbox to allow windows to handle the wireless configuration.
This seemed to fix the problem on the compaq machine.
However when the two machines were being used at the same time about a week
later the fault has appeared again. this is very annoying as you can
imagine.
I've pretty much established that when the HP machine is using the wireless
connection it seems to bump the compaq machine off the shared
connection.
Do you have any suggestions on how to remedy this situation? If you do I
would be most grateful.
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andy
Junior Member  Posts: 15 Registered: 10/9/05 Status: Offline |
posted on 11/9/05 at 08:30 |
Hi,
Some suggestions to try, i would turn on all the pcs connect to the
network, the run the netwoking wizzard on all pcs, its in "my network
places" on the left "setup a home or small office network" as you got
throgh it make sure the workgroup name is the same on all pcs usually
MSHOME and select connect through residential gateway, it will setup the ip
addresses you will see the connection drop then reconnect, you can also
select weather you want to share files and printers, when the wizzard is
finished select the option at the bottom i think its "just exit" or
something like that then click the box.
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festprint
SuperAdmin  Posts: 119 Registered: 2/1/03 Status: Online |
posted on 29/4/09 at 23:33 |
It's an old thread but still gets visited so assuming you have a router and
all laptops or PCs want to wirelessly connect to it to either surf the
internet or browse other machines.
Make sure:
- Wireless file sharing is allowed for files you want to share on the
network, if you want to browse or download from other laptops
- Enter the WPA / network key to access the router in each laptop or
machine needing a network or internet access, nowadays in most cases it's
the router you get from your ISP or Wireless Broadband provider. The key is
usually on the router somewhere where the serial number is, look under the
router, it's likely to be there, or the CD software you get with your
broadband package. If still not found, access the admin URL which looks
like http://configuration.adsl/ or http://192.168.1.1/ or
something similar, precede the URL with h t t p:// (the forum here strips
that for security reasons and to prevent spam). Your installation CD should
have installed it and probably made a desktop shortcut, if not, reinstall
and choose the option of making a shortcut or look in Program Files where
the broadband software is installed and make a short cut. Almost all ISPs
provide an router admin facility.
Technically, you can connect as many laptops as you wish, however, some
ISPs would not allow more than a certain number, many restrict to a maximum
number of 5-6 machines sharing the one single broadband connection. I guess
5-6 machines sharing an average 3-5 MB/s connection is about enough, but
for high powered connections such as 20-100+ MB/s you are probably talking
about running an internet cafe or university campus wireless network. Many
ISPs are loosing out because of wardriving getting free Wi-Fi, a process
through which, people scan open or unsecured networks and connect to the
internet for free from their cars or sitting on park benches, near offices
or affluent housing area where there are more chance of people having Wi-Fi
at home etc.
[Edited on 30/4/2009 by festprint] |
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