can you help with my home network
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can you help with my home network
Hi,
I have two desktop PC's at home and want to set up a wireless network to be able to share an internet connection and printer etc.
I have gone to PC world and got myself..
PC Linc 10/100 Network Card (NIC)... PCL NW100B
Netgear 54 Mbps wireless ADSL firewall Router
Netgear 54Mbps Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter
My first problem is my network card, i have followed the steps and it all appears to be setup but when i run the diagnostics thing on the disk provided it says that it can not find any LAN cards.. I have configured IP addresses and I can't think of what I have done wrong..
any ideas ?
My second is getting my router to link to the internet I have taken the phone line out of the old modem and plugged into the router, i haev followed the set up wizard but get stuck when it comes to getting the internet IP address and internet connection details, I'm on AOL if that makes a difference,
Please can someone help me !! I've been trying for a week to get this setup and am really stuck!
Cheers Dan,
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Regarding the router configuration, I'm having similar difficulties since starting to set up my new 3COM wireless router, having got some info for my BT Broadband connection off of the support section on BT's web site. If you can't find the info that you need on AOL's web site, call their tech support number and they'll be able to give you all of the details that you need.
Regarding the network card configuration, are you sure that there's only one setup or diagnostics program on the CD? It might be that you're running the wrong one and it's looking for different types of network cards to the one that you've fitted.
Check in Device Manager (right-click on My Computer and select Properties from the menu, then go to the Hardware tab) to see if the network card is being reported as having a problem.
Run IPCONFIG to make sure that Windows is giving your network card the IP address that you think it should be. You can do this by clicking the Start Menu > Run and type CMD, then click OK. When the Command Prompt window opens, type IPCONFIG /ALL.
Does the router have DCHP server capabilities? If so, it will be able to assign the IP address itself - this could be less problematic.
Are you sure that you're using the right IP address range? I had expected my router to have an IP of 192.168.0.1 but, in fact, it was 192.168.1.1 - a small but important difference.
Hope that helps - let us know how you get on 
