Threads Replies Last Post 16 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16   Can't find free public Wifi points I've a Sony Vaio laptop and at home I've no trouble finding any Wifi points. When I am at the airport or somewhere else in a foreign country I cannot find any free public Wifi points at all. Could someone please help me?... 8 13.07.2007 23:09:05 DI-524 IP ADDRESS PROBLEM I'm trying to set up a home wireless network. I'm running Windows Vista on my main computer and XP on my laptop. The router is a D-Link DI-524. My problem is that when I try to run the network wizard on the main computer I get an error message. It says that IP address 192.168.0.1 is in use and is needed to complete the install. That address is the one for the router and I was wondering i... 9 13.07.2007 22:06:02 WIRELESS PROBLEM !! HELP !!! I am having a problem in my wireless connection. It is veri unstable. Last time my network speed used to be 54Mbps always. But after i reformat my laptop my internet connection becomes unstable. Sometimes 54mbps sometimes 24mbps sometimes 11mbps or 5.5mbps or even 1mbps. I had check with my other friend laptop and i realise that their wireless driver is in the version of 9.0.2.9 while mi... 5 13.07.2007 19:28:04 Precautions to take when connecting to a public wireless network Tomorrow I'll be staying in a hotel that provides wireless connectivity. What precautions should I take to prevent any possible intrusion into my laptop ? Also, should I disable my WEP key, the one I use at home to connect to the router ? If so, how ? Thanks, Mike ... 5 13.07.2007 15:25:22 About backing up hard drive data I need some advice on backing up data my two desktop computers. I was thinking to buy an external enclosure with a hard drive (Looks easy but costs $130.00). Or is there a simple way to just hook these computers together with a cable and backup data that way. I don’t know anything yet about “Home Networking” or “Wireless,” I just want some advice on how best to spend my mon... 2 13.07.2007 10:10:02 Wireless card always needs repair My wireless Belkin USB Adapter used to work just fine. But then one day, after a reboot it had '...limited connectivity'. So i right clicked the wireless icon and hit Repair. It was fine after renewing the IP. But this happens every time now after a reboot/cold boot it needs a Repair. I have tried using updated drivers from Belkin but they don’t recognise the devise at all. Running... 4 13.07.2007 09:10:00 Sharing entire main hard drive on secure wireless networks? I set up a home network for my desktop and my laptop (Win XP Pro on both, using the XP networking tool). The desktop connects to the router via an ethernet cable, the laptop via wireless. The wireless is a secure WPA2 (aka WPA-PSK ?) connection. I wanted to be able to access any file on one computer from the other, so I set both computers to "share" their entire C: drives. But recently, I ... 4 12.07.2007 21:56:27 wireless bridge What would you guys recommend for a wireless access bridge that could go as far as a block down the street. Line of sight is possible, but main office and secondary office are separated by a house that faces sideways, therefore creating half a block or so of distance. Robert ... 4 12.07.2007 20:26:25 bandwidth cap Both of my latops in my house have a 802.11g wireless card (one built in, other pcmcia card). Whenever I do a bandwidth test at a good site like speakeasy.net, the fastest download speed I get is 1.8mb. If I use a LAN cable, its between 5 and 6 which is about right for the plan I have through cox. I looked through my router for some kind of setting that is preventing the speed through... 2 12.07.2007 19:40:23 Please help newbie with basic question. Hello to all interested home wireless router experts! I have recently inherited a Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router with SRX400 WRT54GX4. I have successfully set it up on my main home desktop computer and it seems to be functioning correctly. (I have high speed internet through a TV cable modem at this location). I would now like to add the equipment necessary to my other computer on the o... 4 12.07.2007 03:53:28 Unlock Cingular I am planning to buy a T61 Lenovo notebook with WAN. However computer cames tied up to Cingular. I am a frequest traveller and would like to have local SIM cards for each place I go. Therefore I need to unlock Cingular wireless provider, so that I am free to use any SIM card. I know that Sony offers such facilities. I am trying to talk with Lenovo but unfortunatelly, nobody cares. Any su... 1 12.07.2007 00:30:29 building a wireless bridge Here's the situation: I have DSL and use a Versalink WireSpeed 327w as my modem and my router. I only have one jack in my apt., and my office is on the other side of the place. Instead of running a long wire I'd like to use a different wireless router I have (Belkin Wireless G router F5D7230-4)to somehow connect the two and then have wires in my office. I don't care which is the router per s... 3 11.07.2007 21:23:35 Limited or no connectivity. I have never had a problem with my wireless connection until today. Bottom line is that I tried to upgrade zonealarm which failed miserably due to a zpy.dll problem that zonelarm knows about. Anyway, I followed the steps they suggested to prepare my computer to reinstall. Specifically, I removed the zone labs folder from system32 folder. Emptied my temporary folder. Purged my recycl... 2 11.07.2007 13:43:37 d-link router, discontinued model 614 Hi, I'm going to set up a wifi system at a friend's house using a D-Link 614 router. D-Link's web site says it's no longer supported, but it still has manuals, and firmware updates for it. It will be used in an XP home system. I thought updating the driver would be a good idea because it was manufactured in 2003. I couldn't find a driver on their web site, but I did find a firmware up... 5 10.07.2007 22:01:57 Wireless Connection for New Account User Problem My girlfriend has added a new account (user) for me on her XP Pro computer which is connected wirelessly to via a Modem/Router to a ISP. However although she can access the internet from her Administrators Accnt I cannot get access although on Network Connections I can see the wireless connection but even though I have used the connections wizards etc. I just cannot get a connection. ... 2 10.07.2007 15:46:52 VPN Connection I purchased a brand new linksys WRT54g router for my house. The first night that I had the router plugged in and working, I was able to use my laptop over the wireless connection to establish a vpn connection to my company. That was last night, well, tonight for some reason it stopped working. I figured upgrading the firmware to the latest would fix it. Nothing, Linksys can't give me ... 2 10.07.2007 11:57:50 XP desktops and vista notebook can connect to network but xp notebooks can't? I just got a a linksys wireless router and got it all setup first my xp notebook, then a vista notebook, then a xp desktop all with no problem. I next tried to connect another xp notebook and it gave some strange error (about the IP address) and then i went back to my notebook and started getting the same error and then with another xp notebook . Now all the xp notebooks tell me "limited or n... 5 10.07.2007 03:36:13 XP wireless networking issue... Recently, my desktop system was infected with a virus cluster...yes, I have virus and spyware blockers enabled, but it happened just the same. Anyway, I was able to clean the system, but not before my wireless connection was corrupted. I can ping to IP addresses but not to URLs from a command prompt, and IE cannot display pages. I also can't connect to my e-mail server. I've gone t... 3 10.07.2007 01:25:33 Windows does not see non-broadcasting wireless network I need helping figuring out why the Windows connection manager does not see our wireless network, but the Dell utility does. It is a non-broadcasting wireless router which has been configured in the preferred network list as the first entry. I don't believe it is a problem with the card because when I switch over to the Dell utility, it finds it and connects immediately. I have already... 6 09.07.2007 16:59:07 APs with Same SSID I have 3 Wireless Access Points with Same SSID. If i connect them to my Local Network with network cables and not through wireless bridging, can it create any problem in the network? Thankx! ... 4 09.07.2007 14:32:45 What security risk is a GUEST VLAN? I have 802.11q appliances (AP's, switch, and internal NIC on server). I want to provide Guest access to the internet, and LAN access to staff and designated others (to whom I'd give a domain account). I don't have the H/W to set up separate WLAN's - one for the LAN on the internal side and a GUEST on the external side. So ... can I setup the AP's as domain clients, locking them down w... 5 09.07.2007 12:55:02 Win XP Pro New Account User Cannot Connect Wirelessly? Hi all, My girlfriend has a computer that has a wireless connection (AOL) and she has setup an account for me so that I can also use her wireless connection from my own account. Unfortunately I cannot access the wireless network from my account not matter what I try? I can see the connection using 'network connections' but I cannot get a connection. Can anybody give me some clues as... 1 09.07.2007 11:10:02 How do I configure IE to use the wireless connection? Hi I am working with a wireless router for the first time. On my laptop, IE6 is configured with no connections (in Tools | Options | Connections),. However, when I connect the laptop to the router via an Ethernet cable, IE6 somehow recognises the connection and browsing works ok. On the wireless side, my laptop sees the router and shows a wireless connection in Network Connections. Howe... 13 09.07.2007 09:44:46 WlanSetProfile...how to create an adhoc connection Hi all, I am trying to create an adhoc connection between two computers running vista. For this i am creating a custom profile and then tryint to set the profile using WlanSetProfile() API. The xml is given below: <?xml version="1.0" ?> - <WLANProfile xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/networking/WLAN/profile/v1"> <name>NetTest1-adhoc</name> - <SSIDConfi... 2 09.07.2007 08:03:22 CONNECTING FR VISTA NOTEBOOK TO XP WIRELESS ativa wireless router set up on desktop running XP. wep2 security configured on router. laptop runnig vista. laptop network set up with matching password detects and shows the wireless network but fails to connect. Router and laptop network passwords verified. Any suggestions ??? -- JOHN T... 3 09.07.2007 00:27:15 16 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16