General Chat

Bob, if someone nearby is mad enough to have a wireless network without encoding, why not use it ! Especially if you are on dial-up and you can use their broadband for free - tee hee. We can pick up up to four other networks at home: one is unprotected. (I do pay for our own broadband, by the way)

Glad you are finally sorted..... I am the opposite....I have a laptop that IS wireless enabled, but normally conneted via a cable to an ordinary router . the other night took it downstairs to watch a dvd, and when it booted it had found a wireless network close by......and had.logged on and got the AVG updates, before I realised what was happening,, Bob (must remember to turn off the wireless next time)

after 3weeks and spending 60quidto get 2 men to look at my daughters laptop at last some 1 who knows about wireless connection sorted t out a nice stress free weekend ahead for me bacardi xxxxxxxxxxxx

Bacardi, right-click the wireless network connection icon in your task bar and then click 'View Available Wireless Networks.' click refresh if needed. If your router appears click on connect. (you should give you network a unique name in the router setup page). Give it a while. (Routers usually have security set to off to ease set up) If you see more than one it may be a neighbours . Bob

hi errol there is on my laptop but not on my main computer bacardi xx

Is there a little icon in the bottom right hand corner of your screen that looks like a computer monitor with radio waves coming out of it or something similar?

how do i authorize my laptop to use web pages im totally baffled bacardi xxx

yes its wireless and my mine computer is ok and my laptop is also recieving the wireless but cant get onto any web pages bacardi xxx

If its wireless then check to see if you have authorised the connection for the laptop some router/modems have built in security and require you to authorise any other computers to use that connection Paul

No that's not how it works. Is it a wireless router and is the main computer connecting ok?

i put in any address on laptop and it says page not found do i have to do something so i can recieve pages from my main computer bacardi xxx

Do you mean that Internet Explorer opens but you get a 'page not found' message?

bought a router yesterday so my daughter can share our internet on her laptop its connected on both computers but can get any web pages up on the laptop what am i doing wrong spent hours trying to figure it out bacardi xx