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jeffl
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Username: Jeffl
Post Number: 1791
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Monday, July 24, 2006 - 9:21 am: | 
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I'm on vacation in a home that has a motorola modem and a wireless router. I can get a high speed connection by putting the cable directly into the back of my laptop. I should be able to do this wirelessly, right? |
SOSully
Citizen
Username: Sullymw
Post Number: 1310
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, July 24, 2006 - 9:42 am: |
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yes, unless they have configured WEP (encryption). Does the router appear on the list of available ones? If not they have likely chosen not to broadcast their SSID and likely are using WEP. You would need to ask them for the SSID and the WEP key to go wireless in that case |
TomD
Citizen
Username: Tomd
Post Number: 575
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Monday, July 24, 2006 - 10:42 am: |
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And assuming that you have a wireless modem in your laptop (built-in or add-on) in the first place, of course. |
SOSully
Citizen
Username: Sullymw
Post Number: 1311
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, July 24, 2006 - 11:02 am: |
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ee-gads! |
Politicalmon
Citizen
Username: Politicalmon
Post Number: 215
Registered: 9-2005
| | Posted on Monday, July 24, 2006 - 11:16 am: |
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And then theirs the setting on your laptop for IP addressing - DHCP and not static - That is if your wireless router is handing out addresses and is not configured for a specific ranges of fixed addresses - if that was the case you would need to know the range of addresses. |
jeffl
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Username: Jeffl
Post Number: 1792
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 9:06 am: |
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I'm wireless ignorant. The cable goes into the modem. The cable leaves the modem and goes directly into the laptop. That configuration works. If I take the cable out of the laptop and put it into the wireless router, nothing. Doesn't something have to come out of the wireless router.
Yes, this laptop is wireless.
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SOSully
Citizen
Username: Sullymw
Post Number: 1312
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 10:26 am: |
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just to see if the router is working, connect the cable from the modem into the "input" jack on the router (it will be separated from the "output" jacks...usually 4 of those). Then connect a cable from your laptop to one of the "output" jacks on the router. Turn off the modem and router. Turn on the modem and wait a few minutes for it to complete its power-up cycle. Then turn on the router, wait a minute and see if you get a connection. If you do, then the router is working and you should refer to my first message. If you don't then something else is wrong that you probably won't be able to fix, so bag it. |
SOSully
Citizen
Username: Sullymw
Post Number: 1313
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 10:27 am: |
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P.S. at least you're on vacation!!! |
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