setting up a wireless network! we got the stuff yesterday to do this but i'm struggling now! our resident geek (revel) is at work and we have no ideas about computers...so when it asks for things like primary and secondary DNS numbers what am i supposed to do?
whats asking for this? your router should be DHCP - in which case it will do it automatically. if it's the machines - don't worry - leave them blank.
Re: setting up a wireless network! You jus wanna network 2 machines to transfer files etc or share internet too m8?
Re: Re: setting up a wireless network! chris and i are netwroking our pc's to johns to share internet.....leon and james are going to add themselves on later too!
they are a pain in the arse like and its annoying as hell when your signal drops for no apparant reason !! Dave - just google for "setting up wireless network" loads of step by step guides m8
the router has it's own setup wizard..... ive got it working on my pc fine, but don't really wanna mess with john's too much so will wait till he gets in!
Wireless networks are a nightmare.....Took me a full wkend to set mine up in the house and that's just one PC and a laptop! :spangled:
Kind of true I s'pose.. The home user dont need to worry too much about security from outside hacks, its possible but very unlikely! And if business dont have tight enuff security on their wireless networks, MAC authentication blaa blaa...then they deserve all they get! The problem for home users is interfearance (sp?!?) yeah, its very very very frustrating! I think next doors hearing aid used to mess with mine :laugh: Stick with the wires
even for home users a standard wired network is best option. agree with ya its only gud for say airports, trains, cafes etc where ppl want a quick hop on the net etc.... its too frustrating to be relied on for anything else! constant signal drops and slow downs good idea, but not very practicle. tis a shame
we got wireless installed "professionally" on our computers which still didnt work properly despite using pci and usb nodes. the internet strength varied from 100k/s down to like 3, even on my primary computer where the signal had to travel all of 6 inches from the router to the node. took it back told em it was guff and it didnt work as they had promised, still in dispute now now just with the pipex usb modem i get full 120k/s, a full 20k faster than the wireless my mate installed it in his house, when he used the microwave the internet went off
cables ain't what the kids want... they wanna sit in the front room, watch telly, surf the board and look good in their von dutch sideways caps... innit. 20mtrs of cable would be so much better. if boring. i think this topic is one of those that keeps cropping up like "how do i record my mixes?" or "i've got these anoying pop ups!"
we knew cables were the better option but we live in a massive house...my room is on the third floor, so we would need alot of wires to connect all 5 rooms!
fact, i have wireless installed in my parents house for ages now i have had no problems what so ever! with my laptop i can have porn within reach in every room of the house even the garden
