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Q - HELP!
A - RTFM.
OK!
But if you can't be bothered to read the manual then you can always ring the freephone helpline, somewhere in punjhabi-land, they understand that you are English - and end up calling their "rowter" a "rooter" - so by the end of the call ...
(allow a/b*c =t where a = idiot level; b=have you read the manual, c=phone charge and t=time spent wasted where you should have done b)
... you are up and running.
And there you are - one fully functional Mut's Nuts wireless network.
We chose wireless to -
- save drilling holes in floors, ceilings and walls - running cables through heating ducts and some holes.
We chose Belkin ' cos at the time of purchase we could get all the bits for a whole network** all in the same shop*. * Use PCW at your peril, as ever. They insisted we needed a wireless PCI card for the "host PC" - you don't. But we make good use of the overspend in machines on our test workbench.
** We currently run - 1 Desktop "Host PC" running WIN ME 1 Desktop client running WIN XP-Home 1 Laptop client running WIN 2000 Pro 1 Test PC running whatever we need (from Win 95 Up) 1 HP PhotoSmart 7762 (hooked to the Host)
With the additional network cards, where required, they are all connected to our Cable ISP and life is glorious ... or is it?
We had tremendous problems getting the router to function - RTFM? But the support staff were exemplary and really wanted this thing to work. One (free) call had it up and running AND talking to the laptop.
But - when we could read the laptop from the router - but not the other way round, the support ceased ... "Here are some websites to read up on ... "
The manual explains all the functions available including encryption, firewalls and associated filters, DSN and all the bits that an honest person would never use but really ought too!
You get a Control Panel Managed Webpage where your Router's settings - such as MAC Addresses (what?) are stored.
RTFM? - It's 94 pages long and on the back cover the UK Support number is unclear (we tried ringing USA three times before realising our error) - Belkin have taken that on-board.
But it's all there. The cable connection loves the router - The Host suffers no lag - the XP machine copes well (it's low on RAM) the laptop - when connected with it's PCMCIA card is likewise - and it's quite glorious to print something from the garden and retrieve the output from the office willy-nilly.
Technical Specs -
go elsewhere and RTFM - I'm not going to attempt to summarise 94 pages
roadband Internet connection among their computers-without using networking cables. It features 802.11g technology that makes accessing files and networked peripherals-s...
23.08.2004 11:32
Suppose that makes sense to some people. Far too specific for the everyday Ciao reader.
22.08.2004 12:32
Glad to know you are all networked now. It sounds a lot of bother but worth it. Maureen