wireless ntl broadband wont connectto laptop
 

hi all first time on forum need urgent help going mental.
well of course i am with ntl and i have a emachine computer and i could not install my netgear router and a netgear lan card to my lap top for wireless connection.
so i got a bloke in to to install it god it cost £30 quid an hour.
so he has installed them both lan card says full connectivity and the router is the same they are connecting to each other but cannot get web page on the laptop the laptop that i have got is refurbished but he says its still reading the router but theres something in the machine thats stopping it get the web page.

well i wasn't happy so i phoned up the company i got the ibm think pad laptop of, of and he said he was wrong and that i needed a cable modem god and he sells them for £80 quid and he said i needed a cable modem for well i not sure if its for the laptop or the dektop, well iv'e got a modem for for ntl so whats the matter here. shouldn't the netgear just work fine on it's own.

jocky boy

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Right we need to know a few things, what model of netgear equipment have you got 1st.

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quite the wireless prob tonight he he

ok

let me get this straight, ur with NTL, do u connect thru ur Set Top Box, STB or a Stand Alone CAble Modem,

the connections should run like this - cable connection into the SACB for example, ethernet connection from that to the WAN port on the Netgear router. The wireless? lan card should slot in to the laptop. From dead, turn on the modem only until lights settle, then the router and then the laptop.

What OS are u using? XP has a built in wireless facility and will automatically pick up the connection to the router. Remember to tuen off the Firewall in XP as the router will now act as the firewall.

for the likes of windoze 98 and perhaps 2000/ME, use the configuration utility for the lan card to 'see' the router and connect to it.

more info helps us all
SACB?

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:) hi handy man how you doin,
i am a litte new to routers e.t.c.but my netgear router model is a wireless wgt624. and the lan card is a netgear wireless 32 bit carbus wg511

john

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hi bucketbakereturn

i am doing as you say the cable connections into the sacb by are you the ethernet cables into the wan port on the netgear router lan card into laptop says full connectivity but still no we page e.t.c. all as you say i am using xp mate but to no avail not a thing.

---------- Post added at 19:44 ---------- Previous post was at 19:41 ----------

thanks neil.:)

john

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Right unplug the modem form the power then plug in the ethernet cable into the modem then into the wan port on the router. Then plug the router using a ethernet cable into the computer and turn on the modem 1st, when its fired up turn on the router, then turn on the pc.

After that follow then netgear instructions to access the page on the router 192.168.1.1 or something similar.

Don't think there much to change there but make sure you have a ssid set something memorable and that you have security off for now. ( needs turning on after you get it all working).

Some routers have wireless turned of as standard so check this is not the case.

After you have this sorted you should have internet to the pc. you can then try the wireless which should also connect.

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XP sp2?......still nothing how odd. everythin handyman says is correct also.

how bout the connection properties for IE (bit of an assumption there) ensure it never dials a connectin and go thru the setup for a new connection.

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Hi Handyman and Bucketbakerturn what your names or name you as you are.

well guys as you say this is what i did but still not working as the man came yesterday he charges £30 quid an hour here for 2 he only took £ 30 pounds cause it would not work, nice old guy. i phoned the company up that i got the comuter of talked to him and he said oh you will need to by a cable modem of me for £ 80 pounds then put the phone down on me.
before i got the man i done exactlly what he and what you are saying to do but thought i was doing it wrong.

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ok can we have the exact make and model of this laptop and ur emachine.

and am i bein stupid but if ur on ntl broadband don't u have a cable modem already? are u sure its a cable modem he's askin u to get, makes no sense.

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:) exactly mate the modem i have got is a emachine broadband modem ethernet cable its perfect connection rdy and sync on so thats ok.

john.

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i've just googled the emachine bit and as far as i can understand what u have is a broadband connection on the pc only not an actual separate modem. Ur internet comes to u how, via ur set top box?

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hi again you'll have to excuse me cause i'm bit of a virgin when it comes to computers, as i have a broadband modem that came with the modem for the pc do i need another router for my pc making it 2 routers.or a roter for laptop:confused:
sometimes the lingo talk is like french to me.

john.

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jocky boy do you have msn, might be better to talk you through this rather than try it on the forum.

I'll be free from 3pm on msn its mark @ mlweb.co.uk (with-out the spaces)

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hi handyman just joining msn at the moment give you my email when set up if you want to talk me through it there.

john