You need a wireless adapter on any computer that you want to connect
wirelessly to your wireless router. Some computers come with built-in
wireless adapters; otherwise you'll have to add one.
In <cV1Lf.7462$Nr5.6234@clgrps13> on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 18:17:44 GMT, "-RBS-"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Is that the crux of my problem? Do I need a wireless adapter of some sort
>... as well as the wireless router? Is it the case that the wireless router
>cannot act as a wireless adapter ? The list of comaptible divices that comes
>with the Cantenna includes the DI-524 ...
>
>-RS-
>
>
>
>"John Navas" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:Yx1Lf.443250$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I'm talking about the wireless adapter on the PC, not the wireless router.
>>
>> In <Xb1Lf.7452$Nr5.7251@clgrps13> on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:29:27 GMT, "RS"
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>>Thanks.
>>>But it does't appear there. It's just a router ... why would it appear in
>>>Device Manager ?
>>>
>>>
>>>"John Navas" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>news:nR0Lf.443144$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> Can you see the wireless adapter in Device Manager? Try uninstalling
>>>> and
>>>then
>>>> reinstalling.
>>>>
>>>> In <HG0Lf.7444$Nr5.514@clgrps13> on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:53:59 GMT, "RS"
>>>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >Under Control Panel / Network Connections, there is just an icon for my
>>>> >dial-up connection and my LAN or High Speed connection ... nothing
>>>> >about
>>>a
>>>> >wireless connection here.
>>>> >
>>>> >-RS-
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >"John Navas" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>> >news:2U%Kf.442993$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> >> Check Control Panel -> Network Connections
>>>> >>
>>>> >> In <NH%Kf.9303$Y22.6064@clgrps12> on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:46:53 GMT,
>>>"RS"
>>>> >> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> >That's the problem ... no such icon on my desktop PC's systray.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >I know where it is on my laptop's systray, but my problem is with my
>>>> >desktop
>>>> >> >PC (connected by the LAN cable to the DI-524). How do I make the
>>>desktop
>>>> >PC
>>>> >> >aware that it (theoretically ... at this point) has wireless
>>>capability
>>>> >via
>>>> >> >the DI-524 ? It's like the desktop is missing some program (that the
>>>> >laptop
>>>> >> >has), that generates that Available Networks icon.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >-RS-
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >"compac" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>> >> >news:(E-Mail Removed) oups.com...
>>>> >> >> Click your PC's wireless Icon in the icon tray, choose View
>>>available
>>>> >> >> networks/Change advanced settings. Click the wireless Networks tab
>>>and
>>>> >> >> Add a Preferred Network Also choose appropriate settings in
>>>Advanced.
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >"RS" <(E-Mail Removed)>> wrote in message
>>>> >> >news:g3TKf.3509$Nr5.2606@clgrps13...
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >>> I use the D-Link as a broadband router for my home network (3
>>>desktop
>>>> >> >PCs)
>>>> >> >>> ... and to occasionally (wirelessly) connect my laptop to my home
>>>> >> >network.
>>>> >> >>> Recently I bought a Cantenna ... and I would like to play with it
>>>to
>>>> >see
>>>> >> >>> what sort of signals my desktop PC(s) can get from my 10th floor
>>>> >location
>>>> >> >>> downtown.
>>>> >> >>>
>>>> >> >>> Question: the computers on my home network are not aware of any
>>>> >wireless
>>>> >> >>> signals. How do I configure WinXP and/or my DI-524 so that my
>>>> >> >>> home
>>>> >> >network
>>>> >> >>> "sees" other wireless signals ... the way my laptop can ?
>>>> >> >>>
>>>> >> >>> I have googled the question but not come up with any specific
>>>answer
>>>> >...
>>>> >> >>> either on D-Link's site, the Cantenna site, or anywhere.
>>>> >> >>>
>>>> >> >>> Thanks for any help !
>>>> >> >>>
>>>> >> >>> -RS-
>>>> >> >>>
>>>> >> >>>
>>>> >> >
>>>> >>
>>>> >> --
>>>> >> Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR ALT.INTERNET.WIRELESS AT
>>>> >> John Navas
>>>> ><http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FAQ_for_alt.internet.wireless>
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR ALT.INTERNET.WIRELESS AT
>>>> John Navas
>>><http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FAQ_for_alt.internet.wireless>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR ALT.INTERNET.WIRELESS AT
>> John Navas
>> <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FAQ_for_alt.internet.wireless>
>
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