Hollz Posted March 21, 2006 Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 Okay. At the moment I have a PC in the upstairs study, it is connected to Broadband through a cable which goes up the stairs from the socket downstairs. In the near future, I may also be getting a laptop. My dad wants both pc and laptop to be wireless, but neither of us have a clue how to do this. How does it work? What will you need? Can it be done? Anyone help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartmunn Posted March 21, 2006 Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 Hollz, You need to get a broadband wireless router, like the DLINK DSL-G604T, your laptop will have a built in wireless receiver. You might have to get a PCi Wireless card or a USB wireless receiver for the Desktop. The DLINK is very easy to set up, you simply connect a cable from your broadband into the Router and then configure it. The router also has standard ethernet ports which you can connect a PC to, you will get better performance using direct network cable connection than using wireless. I'd STRONGLY reccomend encrypting your connections using WEP as this will stop others getting free and easy access to your internet connection. The manual is well written so if you are at all PC savvy you will have no problems. I've installed loads of these DLINKS and had no issues with them at all. Good luck Stuart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whosyirdaddy Posted March 21, 2006 Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 Ive just set up 2 wireless laptops and they are working a treat... I have a 2Wire Wireless modem, and when creating wireless connections I was asked for Network Codes.... Which was underneath the Modem... Straight bloody forward.. BUT you will require a wireless card for your PC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollz Posted March 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 Thanks Stuart and Raymond. Will pass this information onto my dad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chico Posted March 21, 2006 Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 (edited) Thanks Stuart and Raymond. Will pass this information onto my dad Hollz, i use this thingy, it was a piece of pish to set up, basically turned it on and it works. dunno if more complex for a PC.. Edited March 22, 2006 by chico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollz Posted March 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Hollz, i use this thingy, it was a piece of pish to set up, basically turned it on and it works. dunno if more complex for a PC.. click? It says session has timed out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chico Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 it's a doofer called airport express and is a wee thing that you plug into a wall socket with your usb printer cable and ethernet from your broadband modem. have a look think it's about £80, but it works for PC's too and can take up to 10 Pc's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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