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by **KenA** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 12:51 pm

howdy

I just bought a new laptop and it has a LAN wireless card in it. I already have a PC hooked up to a fixed broadband modem.

What do i need to connect my laptop to the net wireless but still have my PC hooked up. Is it just a wireless router I need ?

by **venney** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:05 pm

Yea you need a wireless router, either a dls for or adsl depending on what type of connection you have. Unfortuantly at my uni house we have cable broadband, so we needed to buy a more expensive router.

Something like this
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Mod ... &doy=26m11

You will need to make it secure your self, but people here will help with that.

by **KenA** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:57 pm

cheers mate :cool:

by **KenA** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:44 pm

excuse my ignorance but i dont know much aboutt his sort of thing.
is there anything i neeed to know about setting it up...or is it just a case of plug it in and off i go.

ie...is there an settings i need to activate on my laptop ??

by **KenA** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:17 pm

Ok the wireless router i bought wasnt BT compatible ( who my service is with here in ireland).

is it possible to buy a wireless router and just connect it up with my current modem so i dont have to go through the config of the modem again?

The problem is I cant remember my username/password to configure another modem.

by **Gecko** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:29 pm

KenA,

One word

by **KenA** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:10 pm

Thanks gecko....i guess Lynksys is the one alright

i guess the Broadband router can be used in conjunction with my existing modem..right ?

by **Gecko** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:06 pm

KenA,

Yes that is right, just make sure you get the wireless router type that your laptop supports.

by **KenA** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:04 pm

Ok..got it sorted. just needed to set up a network on my laptop.

Now the question is how do I secure it ??
ie..anyone passing by can access my internet. is there a password method i can set up or something ?

by **Gecko** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:23 am

KenA

Click on this link: http://192.168.1.1
username: blank (dont type anything)
password: admin

Click on the wireless tab > click on wireless security

You can selected WEP, 64bits and type a 10 digit password in key 1

Or select WPA-personal, either TKIP or AES type any password which has min of 8 characters

by **KenA** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:25 am

Cheers gecko....just spotted it on a previous post. :wink:

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