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Conan · 30-01-2007, 12:00

Hi All,

I have a Dell Dimension XPS T700r desktop Windows 98SE. I installed an Actiontec wireless router so I can use my Dell Latitude D820 wireless XP Pro laptop. It all worked fine and I can access Internet from laptop no problem
The problem is with my hardwired Dimension desktop. I have my NTL DSL cable modem connected to my Actiontec wireless router via ethernet cable
and then my desktop connected to the wireless router via USB hardwired cable ( my desktop only came with USB and thats why I chose this Actiontec wireless router because NTL recommended it and it has a USB
port so I can have my desktop hardwired via USB as it was before I installed the router )
anyway sorry to blab on, when the laptop is turned off, the hardwired desktop can access the Internet no problems. However, as soon as I start
using the laptop at the same time to acccess the Internet, the desktop
tries to open webpages but timesout and just hangs there, occasionally the desktop manages to access an internet webpage but then hangs again ! It seems as though the laptop overides or takes up all available
bandwidth ! can anyone help please as my daughter is giving me earache
as she uses the desktop on MSN !

Thanks in advance ,

Conan.

30-01-2007, 12:00	#1
Conan Inactive Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Swindon but originally from Greenock, Scotland Age: 60 Services: NTL Digital TV, Broadband & Telephone Posts: 7	Hardwired PC has intermittent Internet Access when I start using wireless laptop help Hi All, I have a Dell Dimension XPS T700r desktop Windows 98SE. I installed an Actiontec wireless router so I can use my Dell Latitude D820 wireless XP Pro laptop. It all worked fine and I can access Internet from laptop no problem The problem is with my hardwired Dimension desktop. I have my NTL DSL cable modem connected to my Actiontec wireless router via ethernet cable and then my desktop connected to the wireless router via USB hardwired cable ( my desktop only came with USB and thats why I chose this Actiontec wireless router because NTL recommended it and it has a USB port so I can have my desktop hardwired via USB as it was before I installed the router ) anyway sorry to blab on, when the laptop is turned off, the hardwired desktop can access the Internet no problems. However, as soon as I start using the laptop at the same time to acccess the Internet, the desktop tries to open webpages but timesout and just hangs there, occasionally the desktop manages to access an internet webpage but then hangs again ! It seems as though the laptop overides or takes up all available bandwidth ! can anyone help please as my daughter is giving me earache as she uses the desktop on MSN ! Thanks in advance , Conan.