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lolly1963 · 27-01-2007, 14:21

Hi,
Hopefully somebody can steer me in the right direction. Here goes.
We have Telewest broadband via tv drive on old Netgear Access point (ethernet cable plugged into back of tv drive. Netgear ma101 adapter plugged into desktop although i dont know why because it is wireless enabled IEEE 802.11g WLAN 54 Mbit/s (means nothing to me!) Have xbox 360 with microsoft wireless adapter, that has been working superb and found out it has been working through a close neighbours unsecured linksys connection!!!
We found this out last night as our new first laptop arrived and we were trying to connect this to our internet. Telewest said our wireless only allows 1 computer connection. Anyway, the laptop is Integrated intel pro/wireless 3945abg (802.11abg) Means nothing again to me. Anyhow, we tried the laptop without anything plugged in and again connected to unsecure network for a minute. However, we had to plug in the MA101 adapter to the lappy to connect to our connection. My cousin didnt know why that was and said it wasnt necessary.
Anyway, after a WHOLE DAY on the phone to Telwest to explain, they have now said i need an engineer to come and fit a wired to wireless modem, and then i need a router to connect all 3 things. Is that correct? Is their something we could buy ourselves to plug into the tv drive (much easier i think) or is that not an option. If i upgraded to their 4 meg service then i get the router free,BUT, i cannot believe this, they wont send that out until after they have installed the cable modem and thats not being fitted until 15 th february at the moment. How dumb is that! The i wont have any internet connection only by plugging in physicaly to the cable modem.
I am sooo confused, can somebody please tell me the best thing to do or buy which is quite simple to use.
Sorry for the long post, its been a long and confusing day too!

CHeers
Lorraine (thank god hubby is at work i need to hit somebody!!!

27-01-2007, 14:21	#1
lolly1963 Inactive Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 37	Help Please Hi, Hopefully somebody can steer me in the right direction. Here goes. We have Telewest broadband via tv drive on old Netgear Access point (ethernet cable plugged into back of tv drive. Netgear ma101 adapter plugged into desktop although i dont know why because it is wireless enabled IEEE 802.11g WLAN 54 Mbit/s (means nothing to me!) Have xbox 360 with microsoft wireless adapter, that has been working superb and found out it has been working through a close neighbours unsecured linksys connection!!! We found this out last night as our new first laptop arrived and we were trying to connect this to our internet. Telewest said our wireless only allows 1 computer connection. Anyway, the laptop is Integrated intel pro/wireless 3945abg (802.11abg) Means nothing again to me. Anyhow, we tried the laptop without anything plugged in and again connected to unsecure network for a minute. However, we had to plug in the MA101 adapter to the lappy to connect to our connection. My cousin didnt know why that was and said it wasnt necessary. Anyway, after a WHOLE DAY on the phone to Telwest to explain, they have now said i need an engineer to come and fit a wired to wireless modem, and then i need a router to connect all 3 things. Is that correct? Is their something we could buy ourselves to plug into the tv drive (much easier i think) or is that not an option. If i upgraded to their 4 meg service then i get the router free,BUT, i cannot believe this, they wont send that out until after they have installed the cable modem and thats not being fitted until 15 th february at the moment. How dumb is that! The i wont have any internet connection only by plugging in physicaly to the cable modem. I am sooo confused, can somebody please tell me the best thing to do or buy which is quite simple to use. Sorry for the long post, its been a long and confusing day too! CHeers Lorraine (thank god hubby is at work i need to hit somebody!!!