Erm...

Adriano · 23-10-2005, 17:42

Some of you may or may not know, but i bought a buffalo wirless internet kit and couldn't get it to work for the life of me, so i went down to PC World and they reccomended to me a belkin one, so i bought that and got it working straight away.

Anyway, all i really wanted to know is does the main pc i have the boardband connection on need to be swtiched on at all times for the wirless internet to work upstairs? (obviously the modem and router need to switched on at all times)

Thanks.

DocDutch · 23-10-2005, 17:44

nopes mate... you dont need to have the computer downstairs switched on at all you should have internet upstairs

23-10-2005, 17:45

It didn't when I had plain old ADSL on my netgear, used to leave main PC off, but my son could access net on his laptop, Just try it and see

Adriano · 23-10-2005, 17:47

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Originally Posted by levig

nopes mate... you dont need to have the computer downstairs switched on at all you should have internet upstairs

Thanks for the quick reply, just say it doesn't work when the pc downstairs is swtiched off, is their anything you can remmomend i do?

Thanks.

danielf · 23-10-2005, 17:47

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Originally Posted by Adriano

Some of you may or may not know, but i bought a buffalo wirless internet kit and couldn't get it to work for the life of me, so i went down to PC World and they reccomended to me a belkin one, so i bought that and got it working straight away.

Anyway, all i really wanted to know is does the main pc i have the boardband connection on need to be swtiched on at all times for the wirless internet to work upstairs? (obviously the modem and router need to switched on at all times)

Thanks.

When you're using a router, no. Both machines can be on/off independently.

Ramrod · 23-10-2005, 18:16

The only thing that won't work is the printer (if you have it attached to the machine thats off)
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Originally Posted by Adriano

Thanks for the quick reply, just say it doesn't work when the pc downstairs is swtiched off, is their anything you can remmomend i do?

Thanks.

Why are you asking? Does your connection not work without both machines on?

23-10-2005, 18:18

silly question. But is the modem and router the same piece of kit or is your modem a usb one ?. I am a cable engineer but it was the part of your post where you say modem and router that got me thinking. There again i might just be

Adriano · 23-10-2005, 18:43

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

The only thing that won't work is the printer (if you have it attached to the machine thats off)
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Why are you asking? Does your connection not work without both machines on?

Not attched printer yet, so thats alright.

Reason i am asking is because the pc downstairs was turned off and the wirless connection disconnected.
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Originally Posted by Bill C

silly question. But is the modem and router the same piece of kit or is your modem a usb one ?. I am a cable engineer but it was the part of your post where you say modem and router that got me thinking. There again i might just be

My modem was a usb one and my router was an ethernet connection, but i changed my my modem to a ethernet connection.

DocDutch · 23-10-2005, 19:07

okay what kind of wireless client you using..if a laptop then you have to activate it 1st.

Adriano · 23-10-2005, 20:09

it's okay now, when i switch the pc off downstairs the wirless still works.

Thanks for your time and valid help, much appreciated.