A Windows XP help forum. PCbanter

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Go Back   Home » PCbanter forum » Microsoft Windows XP » Hardware and Windows XP
Site Map Home Register Authors List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Web Partners

Router question from my kids mom....



 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old September 10th 10, 09:43 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
LAS
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 28
Default Router question from my kids mom....

Our kids set up a router so my husband could use the internet connection I
use. My computer is hardwired to it, since I have no wireless card.
Yesterday I unplugged everything to try to clear out stuff so my speed would
recover. That worked. Speed was fine. My connection was fine. But after
I did that my husband couldn't connect to the internet. I have basically
two questions.

1 - Could I have connected the wires improperly but still have my own
connection and his computer still see the network name in his wireless
connections?

2 - Is there anything to do besides buy a new router (and get our kids here
to set it up....)

Here's the story.

His initial symptom was "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage."
(also couldn't connect Outlook Express)

I clicked "Diagnose connection problems" and got into "Network diagnostics
for Windows XP." I got the message "Windows is not currently managing your
wireless network."

I don't know if Windows SHOULD be managing it.... kids don't listen to phone
messages or read e-mails regularly. But through Google and newsgroups I was
able to get Windows to manage the network connection.

I get the same "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage." But now I'm
able to further with the diagnostics. I get to the point where I have to
swear that I turned off the modem (I turned off, unplugged it and the
router), and I'm told I need to talk to my provider or manager or something.

Possible relevant info. In the course of this I learned how to START the
Wireless Zero Configuration, but it is not in START mode after a re-boot.

The problem computer does see that the local network is available.
Status - connected (yeah, sure....); Network Hunts Corner, Signal Strengh
5 bars.

I went to my provider's speedtest website, and the speed is fine.

help


Ads
  #2  
Old September 11th 10, 01:26 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Yousuf Khan[_2_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 2,447
Default Router question from my kids mom....

On 10/09/2010 4:43 PM, LAS wrote:
Our kids set up a router so my husband could use the internet connection I
use. My computer is hardwired to it, since I have no wireless card.
Yesterday I unplugged everything to try to clear out stuff so my speed would
recover. That worked. Speed was fine. My connection was fine. But after
I did that my husband couldn't connect to the internet. I have basically
two questions.


You're really confused. Read this first, this is Internet basics:

HowStuffWorks "How Internet Infrastructure Works"
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/in...astructure.htm

Then read this, this goes into more detail about how routers work
specifically:

Router Basics | PCMech
http://www.pcmech.com/article/router-basics/

Yousuf Khan
  #3  
Old September 11th 10, 10:52 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
philo[_3_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 239
Default Router question from my kids mom....

On 09/10/2010 03:43 PM, LAS wrote:
Our kids set up a router so my husband could use the internet connection I
use. My computer is hardwired to it, since I have no wireless card.
Yesterday I unplugged everything to try to clear out stuff so my speed would
recover. That worked. Speed was fine. My connection was fine. But after
I did that my husband couldn't connect to the internet. I have basically
two questionX



snipped
my provider or manager or something.

Possible relevant info. In the course of this I learned how to START the
Wireless Zero Configuration, but it is not in START mode after a re-boot.

The problem computer does see that the local network is available.
Status - connected (yeah, sure....); Network Hunts Corner, Signal Strengh
5 bars.

I went to my provider's speedtest website, and the speed is fine.

help





If Windows is not managing the connection
that simply means that the software that came with your husbands
wireless card is doing so.

Just skip the Windows diagnostic
and go the the software that came with the wireless card to re-establish
the connection
  #4  
Old September 11th 10, 02:54 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
LAS
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 28
Default Router question from my kids mom....

How do I find the software that came with the wireless card?


"philo" wrote in message
...
On 09/10/2010 03:43 PM, LAS wrote:
Our kids set up a router so my husband could use the internet connection
I
use. My computer is hardwired to it, since I have no wireless card.
Yesterday I unplugged everything to try to clear out stuff so my speed
would
recover. That worked. Speed was fine. My connection was fine. But
after
I did that my husband couldn't connect to the internet. I have basically
two questionX



snipped
my provider or manager or something.

Possible relevant info. In the course of this I learned how to START the
Wireless Zero Configuration, but it is not in START mode after a re-boot.

The problem computer does see that the local network is available.
Status - connected (yeah, sure....); Network Hunts Corner, Signal
Strengh
5 bars.

I went to my provider's speedtest website, and the speed is fine.

help





If Windows is not managing the connection
that simply means that the software that came with your husbands wireless
card is doing so.

Just skip the Windows diagnostic
and go the the software that came with the wireless card to re-establish
the connection



  #5  
Old September 11th 10, 02:55 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
LAS
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 28
Default Router question from my kids mom....

Yes, I'm confused. That's why I turned to this newsgroup. I'm not really
up to thoroughly understanding routers.

"Yousuf Khan" wrote in message
...
On 10/09/2010 4:43 PM, LAS wrote:
Our kids set up a router so my husband could use the internet connection
I
use. My computer is hardwired to it, since I have no wireless card.
Yesterday I unplugged everything to try to clear out stuff so my speed
would
recover. That worked. Speed was fine. My connection was fine. But
after
I did that my husband couldn't connect to the internet. I have basically
two questions.


You're really confused. Read this first, this is Internet basics:

HowStuffWorks "How Internet Infrastructure Works"
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/in...astructure.htm

Then read this, this goes into more detail about how routers work
specifically:

Router Basics | PCMech
http://www.pcmech.com/article/router-basics/

Yousuf Khan



  #6  
Old September 11th 10, 03:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
philo[_3_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 239
Default Router question from my kids mom....

On 09/11/2010 08:54 AM, LAS wrote:
How do I find the software that came with the wireless card?



It would be in programs (or should be)

wrote in message
...
On 09/10/2010 03:43 PM, LAS wrote:
Our kids set up a router so my husband could use the internet connection
I
use. My computer is hardwired to it, since I have no wireless card.
Yesterday I unplugged everything to try to clear out stuff so my speed
would
recover. That worked. Speed was fine. My connection was fine. But
after
I did that my husband couldn't connect to the internet. I have basically
two questionX



snipped
my provider or manager or something.

Possible relevant info. In the course of this I learned how to START the
Wireless Zero Configuration, but it is not in START mode after a re-boot.

The problem computer does see that the local network is available.
Status - connected (yeah, sure....); Network Hunts Corner, Signal
Strengh
5 bars.

I went to my provider's speedtest website, and the speed is fine.

help





If Windows is not managing the connection
that simply means that the software that came with your husbands wireless
card is doing so.

Just skip the Windows diagnostic
and go the the software that came with the wireless card to re-establish
the connection




  #7  
Old September 12th 10, 03:32 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Yousuf Khan[_2_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 2,447
Default Router question from my kids mom....

On 11/09/2010 9:55 AM, LAS wrote:
Yes, I'm confused. That's why I turned to this newsgroup. I'm not really
up to thoroughly understanding routers.


I understand, but right now you're too confused to even ask the right
questions in here. You're dumping several different unrelated questions
on us, and hoping we can figure out what your problem is. For example,
you're confusing up stuff about wireless and wired connections, and
stuff on the Internet vs. stuff on the local network.

The links I sent you should help with some of the confusion. Also have
you tried calling the router manufacturer's tech support, and your ISP's
tech support? Your ISP tech support will help you get connected to the
Internet, but won't help you with your router. Then the router
manufacturer's tech support will help with everything else.

Yousuf Khan
  #8  
Old October 14th 10, 12:18 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Don Phillipson[_4_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 1,185
Default Router question from my kids mom....

On 09/10/2010 03:43 PM, LAS wrote:

The problem computer does see that the local network is available.
Status - connected (yeah, sure....); Network Hunts Corner, Signal
Strengh
5 bars.


"philo" wrote in message
...

If Windows is not managing the connection
that simply means that the software that came with your husbands wireless
card is doing so.

Just skip the Windows diagnostic
and go the the software that came with the wireless card to re-establish
the connection


The software is on the CD that came with this device (either a wireless card
or a router.) If installed earlier, you will probably find a folder in /
Program
Files/ named (in part) with the brand name of the router (e.g. Belkin,
Trendnet, DLink etc.)

Two general points.
1. WindowsXP also has software to control your router. You must
select one tool ON (either Windows or the software special to the
brand) and the other OFF. If both are set to control the router,
they are likely to conflict so you get no communication.
2. Most users find it simpler to use WinXP to control the router
(i.e. do not instal the brand software.)

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)






 




Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off






All times are GMT +1. The time now is 02:31 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 PCbanter.
The comments are property of their posters.