Wireless broadband on single pc

[Guest]

Hello, I'm slightly confused about wireless routers. My PC is nowhere near
the phone socket. Can I set up a wireless connection so there aren't meters
and meters of wires to and from the ADSL modem attached to the pc and the
phone socket? Or does the one pc have to be connected and any secondary pc's
only allowed to be wireless?

 

[Newport]

microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless

 

[Guest]

Is that your way of telling me I should have posted somewhere else?

 

[Newport]

take it any way you want

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Is that your way of telling me I should have posted somewhere else?

 

[Guest]

Ah, so you're the resident loser who tries to be as unhelpful as possible to
new people?

 

[Guest]

You certainly can. BUT

You'll need to have the PC wired to the router during configuaration, and i
had problems with the wireless connection when the wired connection worked.

And I had to call Linkysys tech support when things didn't work and they
told me to start by going by to the PC wired up to the router.

So, if you ONLY GOT ONE PC hooked to a router, you'll have to unhook the
desktop PC from when it is, bring it to where the router is, then wire it up
to the router, then bring it back to where it is, test the wireless
connection etc. Lots of work in my opinion.

Ask me how I know this.

I would run a mile of wire to have at least ONE PC wired up, and if its the
only one, forget the router. It'll save you time if the wireless router goes
down every now and then.

Frank

 

[Guest]

Thank you very much for your help Frank. A lot of problems with PC's are very
daunting and people come here to ask for help, so it's good to see there are
people who will offer advice even though people like me may make the odd
mistake when asking for assistance.

 

[Malke]

Thank you very much for your help Frank. A lot of problems with PC's
are very daunting and people come here to ask for help, so it's good
to see there are people who will offer advice even though people like
me may make the odd mistake when asking for assistance.

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I'm sorry that FrankChin had such a hard time. Usually setup of a
wireless router is quick and painless. And yes, you certainly can have
a router with just one PC. In fact, we techs recommend that all people
using broadband do so for added protection.

As FrankChin said, you will need to set up the wireless router with a
computer that is wired to the cable/dsl modem first. Since you have
only one computer, you may wish to have a tech set up your DSL (I
assume that is what you are considering getting and that you don't have
any Internet access at home yet) and wireless router. We techs often do
this for clients by using one of our own laptops to create the
connection. Once the wireless router is set up, you don't need to have
a computer connected to it with an ethernet cable.

If you need more help with this, please post back with more details
about your setup, your computer, and what Internet access you current
have (or don't have), etc.

Malke

 

[HeyBub]

Ah, so you're the resident loser who tries to be as unhelpful as
possible to new people?

Give a man a fish, and you've fed him for one day. Teach him to fish and
he'll drink all your beer.

 

[Guest]

Malke:

Thanks for the comments. I read many of your posts here and learned a lot.

True, configuring the router was easy after I figured out that the Belkin
router was no good for AOL, and only certain routers are certified to work.
Wasted 2 days on this, figuring this issue out.

Got the Linksys router, and the configuration was a breeze. Problem came a
week later when the router internet surfing slowed to a crawl, and with
wireless speed starting at 54K, going down to 2K, after several minutes, and
starting at 54K again after each reboot..

Got hold of Linksys tech support, and they told me to hook the PC to the
cable modem directly first. I didn't think that was the problem, but in the
spirit of cooperation, went along.

Then the fella had me hit the reset button on the router, after hooking the
modem back to the router, and I redid the entire configuration as I did a
week before. Worked perfectly for a while. Still don't know why.

Then a week a two went by, same thing. This time I did the reset myself.
Then it happened one more time, and "knock on wood" worked OK for several
months now since February without a hitch. Did I do something right, or the
weather got warmer?? Afraid to touch anything since I or i might mess up the
good "karma".

Total time invested, another 6 or 8 days. There were issues with TCP/PIP,
firewalls, etc. And then AOL connectivity issues.

I got a network setup at my office, all "wired" for security reasons, and
all I did thru the last three years was "put another PC in", and it worked
perfectly. Don't think I spent more than 2 hours altogether getting the
system to work. Hired some guy to run another wire each time we added a
workstation, and he charged $100.00 every time he took a trip out here to add
a wire. Total invested beyond the router and PC's -> $300.00

In fact, been thinking of runnning some wires ( 3 or 4 sets) at home from
the router in the study to hook up the three PC's in the living room/dining
room that the wife and kids are using to increase the speed, and reliability
of the network. They're all on wireless now. Been checking on the
"connection speeds" at times, and somtimes it ranges from 54K down to 24K,
and back up again. Occasionally, I get a message saying about being
"re-connected. I'm checking to see if it has anything to do with my
refigerator going on or off.

If I can get this friend of mine to run the wires up to the attic, then down
into the wall in the living room for about $100.00, and some beer, it's worth
it. I got a spool of cable already. I just hate it with wires running all
over on top of baseboards and walls.

Had I known I spent so much time on the wireless, I would've ran the cables
already, and should be about a day's work including moving some furniture
around. Let's say spending $100.00 to save over 8 days of work had I known.
Actually, I spent more than $150.00 on wireless lan cards, wireless USB
receivers, an extra attenna etc.

So its $100.00 doing it wired (add in six RJ14 jacks), and one days work, vs
over $150.00 for the wireless stuff I got, and another eight days worth of
work, and pulling my hair out in between.

With the wiring done, the "wireless" would be a nice backup option, or for
the laptop working in the back yard, or the front porch.

At least, now I know a little more than ZERO on wireless compared to last
year.

Frank