Using Wireless Connections

[Kingy]

I have just bought a Belkin wireless adapter which is causing me no end of problems.

The procedure for connecting seems unecessarily complex and so far, has not been successful. Three phone calls to the Help Line and two e mails have only exacerbated the matter.

I have followed the manual instructoins to the letter, as well as the advice offered over the phone and e mail, but I still cannot get any internet acces.

The last piece of advice was to create a Profile to simplify the process, (I had already done this, but I diligently did this again), this attempt only lead to me being unable to get onto the internet.

Whilst following the advice over the phone from the Help Line, I did manage to get on line, but this took 40 minutes and so many steps that I unfortunately cannot remember all of them.

Wireless configurations / LAN / Network connections / Profiles...it seems a little complicated.

Does anyone else share my concerns?

Is there an easier way to connect to a laptop using thse devices?

[fo3nix]

Personally I found Belkin routers a bit strange to setup; Netgear have an easier system, in my opinion. If you still can I'd recommend changing to Netgear and trying that -- you may find it easier too.

Otherwise, you want to do these things:

- if on ADSL broadband (though phone line), I assume you have a router+ADSL modem in one.

- connect your microfilters to every phone socket that's in use, phone, router, whatever.

- turn all computers off

- plug in router and turn on. if already on, then restart it (usually little button on bottom, recessed).

- connect one of the computers to the router with an Ethernet cable, and turn on that computer. go to the setup page (that 192.168.2.1 page in internet explorer -- it varies with router brand), and enter your ISP username and password. you may also want to set up your wireless settings while here too. change the wireless network name (SSID), enable wireless encryption (WPA-PSK), and set it to a random password (write it down somewhere safe), and also change the router login name and password (the thing you typed in intially -- admin:[blank password] perhaps).

- now, connect and turn on other computers. they should hopefully all work too.

- any wireless computers will need require you to go into control panel and the wireless setup icon... it'll scan for names of wireless networks (choose yours), and then ask you for your WPA password. then it should work

seems quite confusing, but it's not that bad really.

[Kingy]

Thanks for your response, however...

Two things to note:-

1. I have done all these things and I still can't acces the Net with the Belkin adapter.

2. All these suggestions are rather long-winded for a non-technological person. I mean when I access the Net from the main computer in my house, or even at work, I simply double click on the IE icon.

Thanks all the same.

[fo3nix]

That should be all you have to do, but it'll still take a little bit of setting up.

Assuming that the internet itself works fine (you've tested it without the router), then you need to just type in the ISP username and password and choose PPPoE and it should work. There could be an issue with the router, but I'd doubt it.