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« on: 08:25:32, 30-08-2008 » |
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Morning folks, I wondered if anyone here could help. Moving house next week, I'd quite like to put the pc upstairs and create a study, but there's no phone socket up there. I have a BT home-hub/ broadband, which has the facility to be wireless. At the moment, though, I have it plugged in. To run wireless, I need to have either a wireless adaptor or built-in wireless. How do I know if I've already got it built in?! I have a Packard Bell, running Windows XP. My mouse and keyboard are wireless and there's a 'cordless mouse and keyboard receiver' plugged into the back of the machine...but is this a 'wireless adaptor'? If there's an in-built one somewhere, (a) how do I find it? and (b) how do I activate it?  |
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Ron Dough
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« Reply #1 on: 09:30:33, 30-08-2008 » |
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Even if your PC's not already provisioned, the most you'll need is a simple plug-in receiving USB dongle, so it's not going to be hard or expensive, IGI.
When you click on "Network Connections" in "Control Panel", what exactly is displayed?
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Il Grande Inquisitor
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« Reply #2 on: 09:34:23, 30-08-2008 » |
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When you click on "Network Connections" in "Control Panel", what exactly is displayed?
In the Network Connections, there are three sections: Dial Up: BT Yahoo Surftime and daytime (both disconnected, presumably as I now have broadband) Internet gateway: Internet Connection (Unavailable - device disabled) LAN: Local area connection and 1394 Connection 2 (both connected) I notice my BT Home-Hub has a USB connection at the back - presumably this is what the 'dongle' would have to connect to initially? |
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« Last Edit: 09:36:11, 30-08-2008 by Il Grande Inquisitor »
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Ron Dough
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« Reply #3 on: 09:43:16, 30-08-2008 » |
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The Home Hub should already be provisioned to broadcast: if anything were to need the dongle, it would be the PC, but (and I may have to hand you over to someone else later - the only time I've needed to do this was with the Mac, which was pre-provisioned and set itself up on first switch-on) so far as I can understand it, you're already to receive at the PC end. What happens if you double-click the 1394 Connection icon?
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Il Grande Inquisitor
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« Reply #4 on: 09:47:03, 30-08-2008 » |
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What happens if you double-click the 1394 Connection icon?
I see that it's connected, it shows me how long it's been connected for and that the speed is 400.0 Mbps. The Local Area Connection status is identical, apart from the speed which is 100.0 Mbps. |
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Andy D
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« Reply #5 on: 10:24:32, 30-08-2008 » |
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I've been thinking about going wireless for some time - I'm currently still using the modem which I got when I went onto broadband. I did a bit of investigation some weeks ago but then did nothing more. I don't have a BT homehub, but BT's Voyager routers seem to be quite well regarded for use in this country eg the 2110 - does anyone have experience of using one?
I want to put the router at the main BT socket in the hall and use wireless for both my PC and laptop. IGI, you need either a USB dongle, as Ron says, or a card to fit inside your PC's box. Not sure how you work out whether you've got a card already, though the ones you buy often have a little aerial on them, but I'm pretty sure my machine hasn't. I'm tempted to get a card as my PC's 6 USB ports are much in demand.
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« Last Edit: 10:37:05, 30-08-2008 by Andy D »
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Ron Dough
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« Reply #7 on: 10:36:58, 30-08-2008 » |
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We are wireless here, and have been for yonks: it's not that difficult, but it's so long since we set it up that I can hardly remember what we needed to do.
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Andy D
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« Reply #8 on: 10:50:16, 30-08-2008 » |
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Il Grande Inquisitor
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« Reply #9 on: 18:11:13, 30-08-2008 » |
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Good evening, Andy and Ron; IGI here, coming to you wirelessly! Are you receiving me?! I was in London today, so toddled along to PC World and asked advice there. I bought a Belkin Wireless USB Adaptor - they come in different 'strengths' and as the pc could well be a fair distance from the hub downstairs, I went for a stronger one. Very easy to connect - had to install the disc, plug in the usb, enter a couple of keycodes found on the back of the Home Hub and...here I am!  |
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« Last Edit: 18:16:32, 30-08-2008 by Il Grande Inquisitor »
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Ron Dough
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« Reply #10 on: 18:16:46, 30-08-2008 » |
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Yes, that rings a bell, IGI: it was so easy I'd all but forgotten the set-up process. Glad you've got that sorted.
(Surely there was a nearer PC world than London, though?)
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Il Grande Inquisitor
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« Reply #11 on: 18:20:04, 30-08-2008 » |
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(Surely there was a nearer PC world than London, though?)
I had to buy a new suit and I tend to head straight for M&S at Marble Arch - they have a decent range (much better than Southampton) and usually have sizes for someone tall and slim(ish)! I also had a wander into HMV and bought the Lucerne/ Abbado Mahler 3 DVD. |
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George Garnett
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« Reply #12 on: 18:29:20, 30-08-2008 » |
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(Surely there was a nearer PC world than London, though?)
I had to buy a new suit and I tend to head straight for M&S at Marble Arch - they have a decent range (much better than Southampton) and usually have sizes for someone tall and slim(ish)! I also had a wander into HMV and bought the Lucerne/ Abbado Mahler 3 DVD. And I had jumped to the (it now seems, false?) assumption that the compressed air canisters that you smuggled into a Prom the other week were from the PC World just a couple of hundred yards down the road from the Albert Hall. It just goes to show the extreme unwisdom of making wild assumptions on insufficient evidence. I thought I was following in your distinguished footsteps when I went in search of replacement letter thingies to put on the 'o', 'n', 'm', and 'l' of my fading keyboard. An unsuccessful search I might add. Plenty of compressed air canisters though. |
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« Last Edit: 18:37:25, 30-08-2008 by George Garnett »
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Il Grande Inquisitor
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« Reply #13 on: 18:32:19, 30-08-2008 » |
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And I had jumped to the (it now seems, false?) assumption that the compressed air cannisters that you smuggled into a Prom the other week were from the PC World just a couple of hundred yards down the road from the Albert Hall. Oh but they were, George! Today, I went to the one in Tottenham Court Road on the basis that I seemed to recall it was quite close to the junction with Oxford Street and, hence, close to HMV. I was sadly mistaken. |
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Ron Dough
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« Reply #14 on: 19:44:28, 30-08-2008 » |
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Much closer to Warren St, IGI.
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