Wireless (long ish)

Hi,
Ive just started with Sky Broadband. You get the Netgear DG834GT
wireless router. I have one PC downstairs (wired) and one upstairs,
not connected. Ive purchased a Netgear WG111 v2 wireless USB adaptor
so i can turn the upstairs computer wireless.
Ive followed the wireless instructions to the letter, entered the
password from sky which was accepted fine. In the instructions then,
it says i sould recieve a signal in 1 minute. I left it for 30 and it
didnt receive anything. It should connect to the router on channel 6
but it wont, and has no signal strength.
I did try the roaming option, not that i know what that is, but when i
tried channel 1 then clicked connect, without any encryption i got
connection to the router (hooray!)
So now its not secure but at least its connected. Trouble is on the
'connection indicator' it should say connected to internet. On mine it
says _-_-_-_ which according to the troubleshooter is -wireless
connection to a router ok but problem with the router-
Ive gone into the router settings on 192.168.0.1 and into wireless
settings, then allowed the adaptor onto the trusted wireless stations.
Im really stuck with what to try next, ive tried hardwiring the
computer upstairs and that shows page cannot be displayed but that
probably another issue, i just want to get the router saying connected
to the internet for the moment.

Any help and advice would be most welcome, ill be checking back every
10 mins to get a dialogue going until its sorted.

Thanks all

Lee

Lee

turn off all encryption on both the router and the usb adapter.are you using
the netgear software for the usb adapter?

"Lee" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> Ive just started with Sky Broadband. You get the Netgear DG834GT
> wireless router. I have one PC downstairs (wired) and one upstairs,
> not connected. Ive purchased a Netgear WG111 v2 wireless USB adaptor

Christopher Syn

Hi,
Ive turned off the encryption on both router and adaptor and it still
wont connect. Im using the Netgear software yes, like i say, ive
followed the instruction books to the letter, i dont know enough about
computers to start fiddling! Any more suggestions please?

Thanks
Lee





On 2 Jun, 20:14, "Christopher Syn" <kob...@hotsonotmail.com> wrote:
> turn off all encryption on both the router and the usb adapter.are you using
> the netgear software for the usb adapter?
>
> "Lee" <lee.j.davi...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>
> news: oups.com...
>
>
>
> > Hi,
> > Ive just started with Sky Broadband. You get the Netgear DG834GT
> > wireless router. I have one PC downstairs (wired) and one upstairs,
> > not connected. Ive purchased a Netgear WG111 v2 wireless USB adaptor- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Lee

Lee <>, the debilitated-grandpa and
uninteresting slave-boy who likes licentious couch hockey for one with
koalas, and whose partner is a fast-woman with a nasty momma's silk
purse, wrote in < .com>:
> Hi,
> Ive just started with Sky Broadband. You get the Netgear DG834GT
> wireless router.

Setup is a doddle, have you a list of details to enter from Sky or did they
program it in for you?


> I have one PC downstairs (wired) and one upstairs,
> not connected.

Good, from the wired machine you should be able to access the router and
make any changes needed.

> Ive purchased a Netgear WG111 v2 wireless USB adaptor
> so i can turn the upstairs computer wireless.
> Ive followed the wireless instructions to the letter, entered the
> password from sky

Which password from sky? Where did you put it?
Do you mean your Broadband password or is this a passphrase they have
programmed into the router for you?
What have they used, WEP or WPA?


> which was accepted fine.

What makes you tjhink it was accepted fine? Have you entered this "password"
into the router or merely fed some arbitrary phrase to the Netgear dongle in
a hope that it's going to do something with it?

> In the instructions then,
> it says i sould recieve a signal in 1 minute.

Who wrote the instructions? Sky or Netgear? In any case they are complete
bollox.

> I left it for 30 and it
> didnt receive anything. It should connect to the router on channel 6
> but it wont, and has no signal strength.

It's sounding more and more like you've put your connection password in as a
passphrase. You should be able to fix this easily enough, just forgot all
the complete rubbish you think you've learned from reading whatever crap you
were supplied with by sky.

> I did try the roaming option, not that i know what that is, but when i
> tried channel 1 then clicked connect, without any encryption i got
> connection to the router (hooray!)
> So now its not secure but at least its connected. Trouble is on the
> 'connection indicator' it should say connected to internet. On mine it
> says _-_-_-_ which according to the troubleshooter is -wireless
> connection to a router ok but problem with the router-

Sound like bullshit.

> Ive gone into the router settings on 192.168.0.1 and into wireless
> settings, then allowed the adaptor onto the trusted wireless stations.

You should rip that out, there's no need for that. In fact you should think
about reviewing the instructions and trying to make head or tail of them
before you do that though, you need to clarify if sky had ****ed about with
the router before you got it or was it sealed in it's packaging. If sky
havent screwed it about then you'd be best advised to reset the router to
factory settings, run the wizard by connecting your wired PC to the router,
feed it the username and password to connect to sky then leave the rest
alone until you've confiremed the connection to the internet is working.


> Im really stuck with what to try next, ive tried hardwiring the
> computer upstairs and that shows page cannot be displayed but that
> probably another issue,

If the machine upstairs is ****ed then how do you expect it to suddenly
start working simply because you poke it with a wireless dongle? You realy
need to get the machine downstairs working on the net first. Then, when
you've confirmed you have an active connection you need to bring the
upstairs machine down to the router and plug it in with an ethernet cable (a
working one) and see what reasons there are for thae machine to not work.
Once it's working then report back and the wireless connection can be set up
correctly.

> i just want to get the router saying connected
> to the internet for the moment.
>

That would do, eh?

> Any help and advice would be most welcome, ill be checking back every
> 10 mins to get a dialogue going until its sorted.
>
> Thanks all
>
> Lee
>

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