How to go about reinstalling MN500 Wireless Base Station with new computer?

I just recently built my parent's a new computer after
their old one's hard drive died. Before that, though,
their computer was the host wireless base station for our
little home network.

So now with their new computer (without changing any of
the physical wires, just plugging the ethernet cable into
the new computer) I install the software and go to setup
the base station, and it doesn't detect it.

I haven't changed anything, just plugged it right back
into the computer, and it won't see it. Says theres no
internet access, except the other computers on the
wireless network are able to get on the internet.

What am I supposed to?

You don't need to install the software on the wired computer.

Alex wrote:

> I just recently built my parent's a new computer after
> their old one's hard drive died. Before that, though,
> their computer was the host wireless base station for our
> little home network.
>
> So now with their new computer (without changing any of
> the physical wires, just plugging the ethernet cable into
> the new computer) I install the software and go to setup
> the base station, and it doesn't detect it.
>
> I haven't changed anything, just plugged it right back
> into the computer, and it won't see it. Says theres no
> internet access, except the other computers on the
> wireless network are able to get on the internet.
>
> What am I supposed to?

You have probably a firewall running (Norton?). You need
to uninstall it. Also disable ICF if it is enabled.

The easiest way is to configure the PC manually. (The
router is self-contained and does not depend on a host
PC, so the PC does not need the router software).

STEP 1: Open Network Connections and and add a Network
Connection. Leave the IP to be "assigned by the server."
You don't need to change the router settings.

STEP 2: Then go to IE, open Tools|Options|Connections and
make sure to select Use LAN only (or Use dialup when a
LAN connection is not available).

STEP 3: Change the workgroup to match the workgroup name
on other computers (if you want to exchange files with
the other computers).

>-----Original Message-----
>I just recently built my parent's a new computer after
>their old one's hard drive died. Before that, though,
>their computer was the host wireless base station for
our
>little home network.
>
>So now with their new computer (without changing any of
>the physical wires, just plugging the ethernet cable
into
>the new computer) I install the software and go to setup
>the base station, and it doesn't detect it.
>
>I haven't changed anything, just plugged it right back
>into the computer, and it won't see it. Says theres no
>internet access, except the other computers on the
>wireless network are able to get on the internet.
>
>What am I supposed to?
>.
>