"The Forgotten" <d***@bother.com> wrote in message
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> Hello All,
>
> I am running a Belkin wireless g router with my desktop (desktop has
> belkin usb dongle thing to pick up wireless signal) no probs.
>
> Both my sons are using laptops one with another belkin dongle which works
> fine and the other which is a wireless packardbell easynote 1 series
> (model number R1935)
>
> I have enabled the wireless bit on the laptop and it either searches and
> spends ages `aquiring the network` or it fails to locate the network (even
> though it is less than 10ft away)
>
> I cannot for the life of me figure out the problem.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>
>
>
> Also is it possible to link the 3 computers wirelessly to enable file
> share and acces?
>
>
>
> Ta in advance.
>
>
>
>

"The Forgotten" <d***@bother.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
> news:OJsdFw%237GHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> The Forgotten wrote :-
>>
>>> I solved it.. YAY!!!
>>
>> Well, that is good news and maybe you might care to share the details!
>> Perhaps we can all benefit.
>>
>> Mart
>>
>
> the belkin router has set ip gateways 192.165.x.x
>
> the fisrt two pcs (using belkin usb wireless thingies) were taking the
> first two ips...
>
> so i changed the ip add of the 3rd laptop and its dns gateways to look for
> the 3rd ip in the running order and set the gateways to the same as the
> routers. BINGO surf away..
> the only trouble is it is unsecured.. so i need to set it up with a
> pascode. when i tried initially it did not work for the 3rd laptop., but
> hey i will get round it
>

In article <m3qa04-8vm.***@ursine.ca>, "P. Johnson" <ba***@ursine.ca>
wrote:
>The Forgotten wrote:
>
>> I am running a Belkin wireless g router with my desktop (desktop has
>> belkin usb dongle thing to pick up wireless signal) no probs.
>[...]
>> I have enabled the wireless bit on the laptop and it either searches and
>> spends ages `aquiring the network` or it fails to locate the network (even
>> though it is less than 10ft away)
>
>Belkin makes absolutely terrible routers and is probably the source of your
>problem.  I had similar problems at a friend's house with their Belkin
>router.  Nothing would get it to work with my not-Belkin wifi card (theirs
>worked fine, they use a Belkin card).  They also happened to have a spare
>Linksys WRT router laying around, though:  Replacing the Belkin router
>caused the problem to go away immediately.

> Hello All,
>
> I am running a Belkin wireless g router with my desktop (desktop has belkin
> usb dongle thing to pick up wireless signal) no probs.
>
> Both my sons are using laptops one with another belkin dongle which works
> fine and the other which is a wireless packardbell easynote 1 series (model
> number R1935)
>
> I have enabled the wireless bit on the laptop and it either searches and
> spends ages `aquiring the network` or it fails to locate the network (even
> though it is less than 10ft away)
>
> I cannot for the life of me figure out the problem.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>
>
>
> Also is it possible to link the 3 computers wirelessly to enable file share
> and acces?
>
>
>
> Ta in advance.
>
>
>
>