From Dial-up to BB - Wireless Question

[ilford-jedi]

My young 'un's lappy has currently got NTL's Dial-up software installed but I need to get her onto broadband via my wireless router. Her lappy's got Wi-Fi but I'm not sure how to go about getting her connected. I assume that I'll have to un-install the dial up software but what do I have to do then? I'm a not very techniclly minded I'm afraid.

Any help much appreciated.

[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by ilford-jedi

My young 'un's lappy has currently got NTL's Dial-up software installed but I need to get her onto broadband via my wireless router. Her lappy's got Wi-Fi but I'm not sure how to go about getting her connected. I assume that I'll have to un-install the dial up software but what do I have to do then? I'm a not very techniclly minded I'm afraid.

Any help much appreciated.

The connection properties in her web browser will need to be changed, so that it is set to connect directly to the internet, & not try & connect via dial-up.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d....html#basicset

See attachments for Internet Explorer & Firefox.


The WiFi card in her laptop will need to be enabled, if it isn't already.

The TCP/IP settings for the WiFi card will need to use DHCP, & be set to Obtain an IP Address Automatically & Obtain DNS Server Addresses Automatically.


The wireless connection will need to be told the wireless router's SSID, or you can scan for it & connect to it (if the SSID is broadcast).

The laptop WiFi will be connecting to an "access point (infrastructure)" network (i.e. the wireless router), rather than a "computer to computer (adhoc)" network.

If the wireless router has security set up on it (& it should do! see this: http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/article.php?a=12), then you'll need to set it up on the laptop so it can connect to the router.



Here's some links about setting up a wireless network...

http://support.microsoft.com/default...314897&sd=tech

http://www.utexas.edu/its/wireless/i...ig_winall.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/how...433916,00.html

http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/w...obuildwlan.htm


Some wireless info... http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...ad.php?t=16296

[Halcyon]

Get rid of the dial up software and delete any dial up connections created in the dial up networking connections tab of Internet explorer, or Internet connections in control panel.
In connections tab of internet explorer, select Never dial a connection.
In the LAMN settings, select, automatically detect settings.

Then follow the information you got with your wirelesss router.
If its a laptop you may have to enable wireless by flicking a switch on the side of your laptop.
Then in windows xp, select start, connect to, and Show all connections. You should then click Create new connection and follow the wizard, unless you can clearly see your connection is already showing up. Click the wireless network and refresh the list to see if your network becomes available.
Good luck.

[ilford-jedi]

Originally Posted by Matt D

The WiFi card in her laptop will need to be enabled, if it isn't already.

The TCP/IP settings for the WiFi card will need to use DHCP, & be set to Obtain an IP Address Automatically & Obtain DNS Server Addresses Automatically.

How do I go about sorting out the Wi-Fi card settings?
Cheers