HELP!!! Wireless Router: SWAMRU-54108 108Mbps & BT Voyager 1040 802.11g Card

Please help

I bought this Wireless Router the other day and have managed to
connect to AOL ok WITH WIRES – however I cannot connect via the
wireless BT Voyager Card.


Card drivers installed as advised in instructions, then physically
installed the card. Device manager says the card is working fine but I
cannot seem to connect the router and card i.e. create a netwok

I have tried to create the wireless network using Windows XP home.
When I first boot up it says "There are one or more Wireless Networks
Available – Click here to view Networks". The thing is, when I try to
set view or set up a wireless network it shows no entries in the
"Available Wireless Networks" section.

Also – in my Network places – it shows the newly created network as
"broken". When I right click and try to repair this it says it cannot
repair : (

I have tried disabling all encryption and using simple settings etc.
but I cannot get it to work.


My two main points are:

1/ Is this router compatible with this wireless card (and vice versa)?

2/ I am a novice at this – can anyone please talk me through the
process of setting up the network please.


Many many many thanks in advance.

Col.

For info: this is the BT Voyager card:

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=82580

On 22 Apr 2005 01:38:15 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) (Colin) wrote:

>I have tried to create the wireless network using Windows XP home.
>When I first boot up it says "There are one or more Wireless Networks
>Available – Click here to view Networks". The thing is, when I try to
>set view or set up a wireless network it shows no entries in the
>"Available Wireless Networks" section.

I'm guessing a couple of possibilties:

* The router needs to be configured somehow. Maybe the wireless bit is
turned off by default, for security? Usually router configuration is
done by attaching a PC using wires, then going to a configuration web
page on the actual router itself. Read the manual that came with the
router, this will tell you how to find that configuration page. Once
the wireless bit of the router is configured, you can disconnect the
wires.

OR

* The wireless bit of the router might be broken (for instance, a
broken antenna; take it back to the shop) or the signal is blocked
(for instance, on the same frequency as your cordless phones; use the
configuration web page I talked about above to assign the router's
wireless network to a different channel).

>1/ Is this router compatible with this wireless card (and vice versa)?

Should be, yes.

The only time wireless devices really aren't compatible is if they
come from different regions of the world. For instance, USA wireless
networks run on slightly different frequencies to UK wireless
networks. Most will be able to work with both, but some are a bit more
picky.

>2/ I am a novice at this – can anyone please talk me through the
>process of setting up the network please.

It sounds like you have done everything right on your PC. I think you
have got to configure your ROUTER now. Read the router manual.

If you don't have the router manual, go to the manufacturer's website,
you might be able to download a copy of the manual from there.

--
Andrew Oakley andrew/atsymbol/aoakley/stop/com

try this forum: http://adsltech.com/portal/forum/default.asp


"Colin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Please help
>
> I bought this Wireless Router the other day and have managed to
> connect to AOL ok WITH WIRES - however I cannot connect via the
> wireless BT Voyager Card.
>
>
> Card drivers installed as advised in instructions, then physically
> installed the card. Device manager says the card is working fine but I
> cannot seem to connect the router and card i.e. create a netwok
>
> I have tried to create the wireless network using Windows XP home.
> When I first boot up it says "There are one or more Wireless Networks
> Available - Click here to view Networks". The thing is, when I try to
> set view or set up a wireless network it shows no entries in the
> "Available Wireless Networks" section.
>
> Also - in my Network places - it shows the newly created network as
> "broken". When I right click and try to repair this it says it cannot
> repair : (
>
> I have tried disabling all encryption and using simple settings etc.
> but I cannot get it to work.
>
>
> My two main points are:
>
> 1/ Is this router compatible with this wireless card (and vice versa)?
>
> 2/ I am a novice at this - can anyone please talk me through the
> process of setting up the network please.
>
>
> Many many many thanks in advance.
>
> Col.
>
> For info: this is the BT Voyager card:
>
> http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=82580