AOL Help!!!

Hi,

Apologies if this has been mentioned in the past but having a few
problems (1 in partcular) so can anybody give me some advice?

Firstly, my broadband connection is through AOL and everything has
been fine.

Recently purchased a laptop though so decided to have the PC connected
to a wireless routher (Belkin54g) via an RJ45 ethernet connection and
then my laptop connected through its wireless connection.

I managed to get the PC to recognise the router and I get the internet
working on the main PC but although my laptop can see the router no
problem and connects easily (including it saying that the internet is
connected when connected through the main PC - laptop has Vista by the
way so it gives me these useless messages) to the router, I am unable
to run the internet. I have tried to diagnose the problem and I have
also tried it throuh a WEP encryption along with no encryption but
still no internet.

The router says that it should work with AOL (although the AOL website
doesnt say anything about it) and as I am connected to it wirelessly I
would expect it to work.

My main concern is this stupid idea of having to log on using AOL that
they seem to insist on. With my previous broadband connection it was
simply just always on, didnt need this stupid logon screen, do you
think this could be the issue?

ANyway, any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!

Thanks,

Alex.

P.S> No suggestions to leave AOL please, I know its a mistake - I dont
need it to be told to me again! :-)

Romkidda wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Apologies if this has been mentioned in the past but having a few
> problems (1 in partcular) so can anybody give me some advice?
>
> Firstly, my broadband connection is through AOL and everything has
> been fine.
>
> Recently purchased a laptop though so decided to have the PC connected
> to a wireless routher (Belkin54g) via an RJ45 ethernet connection and
> then my laptop connected through its wireless connection.
>
> I managed to get the PC to recognise the router and I get the internet
> working on the main PC but although my laptop can see the router no
> problem and connects easily (including it saying that the internet is
> connected when connected through the main PC - laptop has Vista by the
> way so it gives me these useless messages) to the router, I am unable
> to run the internet. I have tried to diagnose the problem and I have
> also tried it throuh a WEP encryption along with no encryption but
> still no internet.
>
> The router says that it should work with AOL (although the AOL website
> doesnt say anything about it) and as I am connected to it wirelessly I
> would expect it to work.
>
> My main concern is this stupid idea of having to log on using AOL that
> they seem to insist on. With my previous broadband connection it was
> simply just always on, didnt need this stupid logon screen, do you
> think this could be the issue?
>
> ANyway, any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alex.
>
> P.S> No suggestions to leave AOL please, I know its a mistake - I dont
> need it to be told to me again! :-)
>
Don't know where you live but in the UK you need to use AOL 9.0VR with
Vista. Assuming you are using their s/ware.
http://help.aol.co.uk/aol-90-vr-vist...15104309990001

On Feb 19, 1:21 pm, Kev <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> Romkidda wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> > Apologies if this has been mentioned in the past but having a few
> > problems (1 in partcular) so can anybody give me some advice?
>
> > Firstly, my broadband connection is through AOL and everything has
> > been fine.
>
> > Recently purchased a laptop though so decided to have the PC connected
> > to a wireless routher (Belkin54g) via an RJ45 ethernet connection and
> > then my laptop connected through its wireless connection.
>
> > I managed to get the PC to recognise the router and I get the internet
> > working on the main PC but although my laptop can see the router no
> > problem and connects easily (including it saying that the internet is
> > connected when connected through the main PC - laptop has Vista by the
> > way so it gives me these useless messages) to the router, I am unable
> > to run the internet. I have tried to diagnose the problem and I have
> > also tried it throuh a WEP encryption along with no encryption but
> > still no internet.
>
> > The router says that it should work with AOL (although the AOL website
> > doesnt say anything about it) and as I am connected to it wirelessly I
> > would expect it to work.
>
> > My main concern is this stupid idea of having to log on using AOL that
> > they seem to insist on. With my previous broadband connection it was
> > simply just always on, didnt need this stupid logon screen, do you
> > think this could be the issue?
>
> > ANyway, any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > Alex.
>
> > P.S> No suggestions to leave AOL please, I know its a mistake - I dont
> > need it to be told to me again! :-)
>
> Don't know where you live but in the UK you need to use AOL 9.0VR with
> Vista. Assuming you are using their s/ware.http://help.aol.co.uk/aol-90-vr-vist...15104309990001




Thanks for that information.

Do you know if I need AOL on the wireless PC then? Do I still have to
connect through AOL like I used to? Alternatively, do I need the other
PC connected. What confuses me is that when the other PC is connected
via AOL I get a message on the wireless Vista PC that says "internet
connected" in the bottom right hand corner.

Also, if I have no internet, how do I get AOL 9.0VR, do you know where
I can get it?

Thanks again,

Alex.

Romkidda wrote:

>
> Thanks for that information.
>
> Do you know if I need AOL on the wireless PC then? Do I still have to
> connect through AOL like I used to? Alternatively, do I need the other
> PC connected.

You may find this of interest, again UK based:-
http://tinyurl.com/yt6hf4
http://bbs.adslguide.org.uk/showthre...b=5&o=0&fpart=

There is also this regarding e-mail:-
http://members.aol.com/adamkb/aol/mailfaq/imap/

Romkidda wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Apologies if this has been mentioned in the past but having a few
> problems (1 in partcular) so can anybody give me some advice?
>
> Firstly, my broadband connection is through AOL and everything has
> been fine.
>
> Recently purchased a laptop though so decided to have the PC connected
> to a wireless routher (Belkin54g) via an RJ45 ethernet connection and
> then my laptop connected through its wireless connection.
>
> I managed to get the PC to recognise the router and I get the internet
> working on the main PC but although my laptop can see the router no
> problem and connects easily (including it saying that the internet is
> connected when connected through the main PC - laptop has Vista by the
> way so it gives me these useless messages) to the router, I am unable
> to run the internet. I have tried to diagnose the problem and I have
> also tried it throuh a WEP encryption along with no encryption but
> still no internet.
>
> The router says that it should work with AOL (although the AOL website
> doesnt say anything about it) and as I am connected to it wirelessly I
> would expect it to work.
>
> My main concern is this stupid idea of having to log on using AOL that
> they seem to insist on. With my previous broadband connection it was
> simply just always on, didnt need this stupid logon screen, do you
> think this could be the issue?
>
> ANyway, any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alex.
>
> P.S> No suggestions to leave AOL please, I know its a mistake - I dont
> need it to be told to me again! :-)

So you have one AOL account, and are always logged on via wired, and wonder
why you can't log on a second time? My aol thing only allows one connection
at a time... I had to turn off the wired one (that was always on) to connect
via wireless....

Peter Pan wrote:

>
> So you have one AOL account, and are always logged on via wired, and wonder
> why you can't log on a second time? My aol thing only allows one connection
> at a time... I had to turn off the wired one (that was always on) to connect
> via wireless....
>
>
If you believe them, from the router easy installer guide:-
http://tinyurl.com/2usokw
http://help.aol.co.uk/aol-router-eas...rtal&c=help_po

Kev wrote:
> Peter Pan wrote:
>
>>
>> So you have one AOL account, and are always logged on via wired, and
>> wonder why you can't log on a second time? My aol thing only allows
>> one connection at a time... I had to turn off the wired one (that
>> was always on) to connect via wireless....
>>
>>
> If you believe them, from the router easy installer guide:-
> http://tinyurl.com/2usokw
> http://help.aol.co.uk/aol-router-eas...rtal&c=help_po

From that FAQ, see the answer for problem #1... did you do that yet? Can you
use two WIRED connections off the router? (eliminates any of the possible
causes of interference in #2)

Note that even for #1, you have to make changes... Bet you still have to
make those changes before you even consider the other stuff in #2.... (sorry
I tried to cut and paste specifics, but it won't let me do that)