wireless help

[Louise]

I brought my pc to my sisters (for gaming) as her OH has wireless.
Main oc has the router, upstairs and the laptop has the wireless adaptor (usb stick thing) he said he pluged it into the other pc, and the laptop and it connected right away.
I put the adaptor in mine - it finds it but it dont work, light is on and the wizard trys to find something on the net - but obviously it wont connect.
its a belKin adaptor.
Any ideas? ive tried all i know.

[matthab]

whats the adapter and whats the os?

Go to belkins website and re download drivers for the correct os. Never use disc drivers there always out of date
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[Louise]

I cant download nothing nor pass over msn because i cant connect (im online with his own PC)

[matthab]

not even burn a cd or use a flash pen?
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[Burnside]

Does he have the driver disc? Its worth installing them to see if the PC recognises the adapter
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[Louise]

The only CD he got with Belkin is the main one which installs the router. I got the adaptor model number, d/l drivers - burned, installed on my pc and still nothing. Giving up, been trying for 3 hours now.
His PC is no less then a year newer then mine. What I dont get is, he just put the USB into the other PC and it worked fine
I only want to play one game thats online

[Burnside]

Start> Settings> Control Panel> System> Hardware> Device Manager

Look for any devices with a "!" right click and delete it. Reboot the PC. Plug in the adapter now and see if the PC recognises it.

If that doesn't work, it sounds like your PC might only have WinXP service pack 1, installing service pack 2 would solve the problem of it recognising (most) USB drives/adapters. Dosen't help you much if you dont have it on CD to install just now tho, soree
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[Louise]

Riiiiiiiiiight, one of the kids come home saying he had the 2nd CD for the adaptors all done.


Other issue..... Looking at the wireless there is another 3 people logged on. Taken a fair bit of signal, so the game i want to play keeps DC'ing. How can I stop these 3 people getting our wireless??? as we only want it for this house hold which is 2 PC's and 1 Laptop.

[mattjs895]

you need to put a pass key type password onto the wireless,

it should tell you how to do this in your booklet you got with the router...

if not someone else should know..

cheers
matt

[Burnside]

You can also configure the router to only accept connections from specific devices - you'll need the mac addresses from each wifi adapter and input them into the Access Control List (ACL).

Instructions on how to do it should be in the manual or on the manufacturer's website but you might need to print them off first before making any changes (just incase you can't get back online )

What make/model is the router?
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[crazymotorbik...]

Hey,

I got one of those belkin routers with the USB wireless stick. What a load of crap it is! Always disconnecting, never finding the network etc.

Got rid of the stick and went for a linksys PCMIA card for the laptop. Works every time!

Belkin gear is rubbish, i would not recommend it to anyone.

PS. I know that dosent help you now.

Shaun.

[Burnside]

This is a "Wireless Home Networking for Dummies" book if it helps anyone

[EDIT Attachment removed] PM me if you'd like a copy

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