Can't set up wireless

I have a dekstop which has a asdl\router connected up sucessfully and am
able to use the net. I have a wireless dongle conncted to the usb.

How in gods name do I connect my laptop to it so I can use the internet ?

Been at it for hours with no luck.

It can find the network on the laptop but I'm unsure of how I can connect to
it ?

Thanks




tishtash

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, tishtash says...
> I have a dekstop which has a asdl\router connected up sucessfully and am
> able to use the net. I have a wireless dongle conncted to the usb.
>
> How in gods name do I connect my laptop to it so I can use the internet ?
>
> Been at it for hours with no luck.
>
> It can find the network on the laptop but I'm unsure of how I can connect to
> it ?
>
Is your ADSL Router a Wireless one? Have you enabled the Wifi?

Have you bothered to read any of the manuals for the router and USB
dongle?


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Conor

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
until you hear them speak.........

"Conor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed).. .
> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, tishtash says...
>> I have a dekstop which has a asdl\router connected up sucessfully and am
>> able to use the net. I have a wireless dongle conncted to the usb.
>>
>> How in gods name do I connect my laptop to it so I can use the internet ?
>>
>> Been at it for hours with no luck.
>>
>> It can find the network on the laptop but I'm unsure of how I can connect
>> to
>> it ?
>>
> Is your ADSL Router a Wireless one? Have you enabled the Wifi?
>
> Have you bothered to read any of the manuals for the router and USB
> dongle?
>
>
> --
> Conor
>
> Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
> until you hear them speak.........

Hello conor

its a adsl router in one, I have enabled wifi on the laptop, and have the
dongle plugged in to the desktop machine. Read the manuals very vague and
thin on setting up to be honest. Called belkin for some help but they are no
around till tommorow.

I think this might be a bit out of my reach so going to let a pro do it.

tishtash wrote:

> Hello conor
>
> its a adsl router in one, I have enabled wifi on the laptop, and have the
> dongle plugged in to the desktop machine. Read the manuals very vague and
> thin on setting up to be honest. Called belkin for some help but they are
> no around till tommorow.
>
> I think this might be a bit out of my reach so going to let a pro do it.

FFS!

I've very little knowledge of networking, and know nothing at all about
ADSL.

Last Wednesday I set up an ADSL modem/router/wifi at my Son's house. It was
all working in under 30 minutes, and that included installing a PCI network
card in my Granddaughter's PC, changing the user name & password and
checking the security settings were all sensible. Oh, and all the bits were
used, from eBay.

There are masses of simple guides on-line. Setting up only involves running
a wizard. If things go wrong there will be a full user manual on the
install CD or at the manufacturer's website.

Chris

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"Chris Whelan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:uVjEh.14805$(E-Mail Removed)...
> tishtash wrote:
>
>> Hello conor
>>
>> its a adsl router in one, I have enabled wifi on the laptop, and have the
>> dongle plugged in to the desktop machine. Read the manuals very vague and
>> thin on setting up to be honest. Called belkin for some help but they are
>> no around till tommorow.
>>
>> I think this might be a bit out of my reach so going to let a pro do it.
>
> FFS!
>
> I've very little knowledge of networking, and know nothing at all about
> ADSL.
>
> Last Wednesday I set up an ADSL modem/router/wifi at my Son's house. It
> was
> all working in under 30 minutes, and that included installing a PCI
> network
> card in my Granddaughter's PC, changing the user name & password and
> checking the security settings were all sensible. Oh, and all the bits
> were
> used, from eBay.
>
> There are masses of simple guides on-line. Setting up only involves
> running
> a wizard. If things go wrong there will be a full user manual on the
> install CD or at the manufacturer's website.
>
> Chris
>
>

Well done to you then!

On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:36:11 -0000, tishtash wrote:

>
>"Conor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed). ..
>> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, tishtash says...
>>> I have a dekstop which has a asdl\router connected up sucessfully and am
>>> able to use the net. I have a wireless dongle conncted to the usb.
>>>
>>> How in gods name do I connect my laptop to it so I can use the internet ?
>>>
>>> Been at it for hours with no luck.
>>>
>>> It can find the network on the laptop but I'm unsure of how I can connect
>>> to
>>> it ?
>>>
>> Is your ADSL Router a Wireless one? Have you enabled the Wifi?
>>
>> Have you bothered to read any of the manuals for the router and USB
>> dongle?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Conor
>>
>> Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
>> until you hear them speak.........
>
>Hello conor
>
>its a adsl router in one, I have enabled wifi on the laptop, and have the
>dongle plugged in to the desktop machine. Read the manuals very vague and
>thin on setting up to be honest. Called belkin for some help but they are no
>around till tommorow.
>
>I think this might be a bit out of my reach so going to let a pro do it.


Does your desktop have a public IP or are you using NAT on the router? If
you're not sure, the likelihood is that you are, and so your desktops wired
network card will have an IP like 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x.

If you want to use the USB dongal, then in order for the laptop to reach the
router, and so reach the internet, I beleive you will have to enable
internet connection sharing on the desktop.
AISI this means the latop will be double NAT'd! No idea whether this works
and if it did I imagine it would be hassle.

If you can configure the desktop to get a public IP (some modem/routers can
give the public IP to a host on the LAN) then it should be trivial to set up
ICS on the desktop.

If the Modem/router has multiple ethernet ports why not get an wireless
access point and forget about ICS on the desktop. That way you can reach
the internet without having the desktop powered up. The money you save in
electricity will soon pay for the WAP. It also means you will have a more
secure wireless connection: You won't have to run it in ad-hoc mode and you
will benefit from the better security options of a modern AP.

HTH

"Dean" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:45e1e399$0$8715$(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:36:11 -0000, tishtash wrote:
>
>>
>>"Conor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:(E-Mail Removed) ...
>>> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, tishtash says...
>>>> I have a dekstop which has a asdl\router connected up sucessfully and
>>>> am
>>>> able to use the net. I have a wireless dongle conncted to the usb.
>>>>
>>>> How in gods name do I connect my laptop to it so I can use the internet
>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>> Been at it for hours with no luck.
>>>>
>>>> It can find the network on the laptop but I'm unsure of how I can
>>>> connect
>>>> to
>>>> it ?
>>>>
>>> Is your ADSL Router a Wireless one? Have you enabled the Wifi?
>>>
>>> Have you bothered to read any of the manuals for the router and USB
>>> dongle?
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Conor
>>>
>>> Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
>>> until you hear them speak.........
>>
>>Hello conor
>>
>>its a adsl router in one, I have enabled wifi on the laptop, and have the
>>dongle plugged in to the desktop machine. Read the manuals very vague and
>>thin on setting up to be honest. Called belkin for some help but they are
>>no
>>around till tommorow.
>>
>>I think this might be a bit out of my reach so going to let a pro do it.
>
>
> Does your desktop have a public IP or are you using NAT on the router? If
> you're not sure, the likelihood is that you are, and so your desktops
> wired
> network card will have an IP like 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x.
>
> If you want to use the USB dongal, then in order for the laptop to reach
> the
> router, and so reach the internet, I beleive you will have to enable
> internet connection sharing on the desktop.
> AISI this means the latop will be double NAT'd! No idea whether this
> works
> and if it did I imagine it would be hassle.
>
> If you can configure the desktop to get a public IP (some modem/routers
> can
> give the public IP to a host on the LAN) then it should be trivial to set
> up
> ICS on the desktop.
>
> If the Modem/router has multiple ethernet ports why not get an wireless
> access point and forget about ICS on the desktop. That way you can reach
> the internet without having the desktop powered up. The money you save in
> electricity will soon pay for the WAP. It also means you will have a more
> secure wireless connection: You won't have to run it in ad-hoc mode and
> you
> will benefit from the better security options of a modern AP.
>
> HTH
>

Thanks dean,

started from scratch and had a little break and everything working as it
should. No idea why it wasn't before.

working quite fast, very happy I sorted it out.

Thanks all for the help with this.