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laptop hangs my pc when trying to create wireless networki have a pc with a wireless network card connected via ethernet to my
broadband modem. i have a laptop with a wireless network. I have tried various methods to connect the two wirelessly and I can occasionally connect to internet on laptop through wirless. Occasionally my pc can see my shared docs etc on laptop but not the other way round but more often than not my pc hangs when i turn on my laptop or the wireless lan on my laptop. Please help, am i missing something blindingly obvious. Windows manages my wireless cards, i use the network setup wizard and usb between computers and i've tried doing it manually - none of which creates a stable non-hanging pc network! grrrr On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 04:06:01 -0700, mikeyd413 wrote:
>i have a pc with a wireless network card connected via ethernet to my Hangs? What does that look like? Does it need to be rebooted or>broadband modem. i have a laptop with a wireless network. I have tried >various methods to connect the two wirelessly and I can occasionally connect >to internet on laptop through wirless. Occasionally my pc can see my shared >docs etc on laptop but not the other way round but more often than not my pc >hangs when i turn on my laptop or the wireless lan on my laptop. Please help, >am i missing something blindingly obvious. Windows manages my wireless cards, >i use the network setup wizard and usb between computers and i've tried doing >it manually - none of which creates a stable non-hanging pc network! grrrr does it only hang for 2 minutes or less? You could check http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm for some hints. Hans-Georg -- No mail, please. No completely freezes, I've left it for nearly half an hour once and still
frozen. mouse and keyboard won't work so I have to turn it off by it's power button. I can use a crossover cable and this works with no problem except laptop can't see pc but can use internet. pc can see everything on my laptop fine - done all the sharing of folders etc. but wiring them together defeats the object of having wireless and it means my broadband modem is connected by usb to pc cos ethernet is used for wiring to laptop. sorry if this sounds like a load of dribble! thanks for responding so quick! Mike Show quoteHide quote "Hans-Georg Michna" wrote: > On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 04:06:01 -0700, mikeyd413 wrote: > > >i have a pc with a wireless network card connected via ethernet to my > >broadband modem. i have a laptop with a wireless network. I have tried > >various methods to connect the two wirelessly and I can occasionally connect > >to internet on laptop through wirless. Occasionally my pc can see my shared > >docs etc on laptop but not the other way round but more often than not my pc > >hangs when i turn on my laptop or the wireless lan on my laptop. Please help, > >am i missing something blindingly obvious. Windows manages my wireless cards, > >i use the network setup wizard and usb between computers and i've tried doing > >it manually - none of which creates a stable non-hanging pc network! grrrr > > Hangs? What does that look like? Does it need to be rebooted or > does it only hang for 2 minutes or less? > > You could check http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm for some hints. > > Hans-Georg > > -- > No mail, please. > On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 05:10:02 -0700, mikeyd413 wrote:
>No completely freezes, I've left it for nearly half an hour once and still Mike,>frozen. mouse and keyboard won't work so I have to turn it off by it's power >button. I can use a crossover cable and this works with no problem except >laptop can't see pc but can use internet. pc can see everything on my laptop >fine - done all the sharing of folders etc. but wiring them together defeats >the object of having wireless and it means my broadband modem is connected by >usb to pc cos ethernet is used for wiring to laptop. > >sorry if this sounds like a load of dribble! thanks for responding so quick! that's probably a hardware or driver defect. What kind of WLAN hardware do you use? Which adapter from which manufacturer did you select and why? Have you installed the manufacturer's WLAN management software or do you use the one that comes with Windows? I always choose the latter, if I can, because the manufacturers often deliver bad software. You may have to get a better WLAN adapter. Hans-Georg -- No mail, please. It's from MSI and was already installed when I bought the computer from
Tiny/Time (who no longer exist). i think you might be right because there sometimes seems to be conflict over whether the manufactured software or windows is managing it - but when I unistall MSI software it causes more problems. Can you recommend something - it doesn't have to be fancy it just needs to work and allow my laptop to connect to the internet and pull files off my pc from timt to time? Thanks for your time - I will search msi website in the meantime Mike Show quoteHide quote "Hans-Georg Michna" wrote: > On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 05:10:02 -0700, mikeyd413 wrote: > > >No completely freezes, I've left it for nearly half an hour once and still > >frozen. mouse and keyboard won't work so I have to turn it off by it's power > >button. I can use a crossover cable and this works with no problem except > >laptop can't see pc but can use internet. pc can see everything on my laptop > >fine - done all the sharing of folders etc. but wiring them together defeats > >the object of having wireless and it means my broadband modem is connected by > >usb to pc cos ethernet is used for wiring to laptop. > > > >sorry if this sounds like a load of dribble! thanks for responding so quick! > > Mike, > > that's probably a hardware or driver defect. What kind of WLAN > hardware do you use? Which adapter from which manufacturer did > you select and why? Have you installed the manufacturer's WLAN > management software or do you use the one that comes with > Windows? I always choose the latter, if I can, because the > manufacturers often deliver bad software. > > You may have to get a better WLAN adapter. > > Hans-Georg > > -- > No mail, please. > On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:25:02 -0700, mikeyd413 wrote:
>It's from MSI and was already installed when I bought the computer from Mike,>Tiny/Time (who no longer exist). i think you might be right because there >sometimes seems to be conflict over whether the manufactured software or >windows is managing it - but when I unistall MSI software it causes more >problems. Can you recommend something - it doesn't have to be fancy it just >needs to work and allow my laptop to connect to the internet and pull files >off my pc from timt to time? > >Thanks for your time - I will search msi website in the meantime I have no recommendation, other than to buy from reputable manufacturers, avoid no-name products, and avoid the cheapest products. Hans-Georg -- No mail, please. 
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