"Roscoe P Pendoscoe" <mrshade@I_wont_see_it.net> wrote in message
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> an F5D 9230-4
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> Posted in another NG with no help.
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> I have to make another attempt this weekend. Help...............
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> I am trying to connect a new computer for my Son and the OS is MS
> Vista.
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> I have little or I should say NO experience with Vista and use XP and
> Linksys products on my home wireless network.
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> It is a Belkin F5D9230-4 and have a USB adapter additionally. I
> installed the software first for the USB adapter then plugged it in.
> It seemed like the installer did not fully complete or it is a Vista
> deal.
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> I then installed the software for the router and then plugged in the
> modem (Comcast) then plugged the router into the modem and had no
> connection to the internet.
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> Seems all instructions are for routers connected to the computer
> directly. In this instance the computer is in the bedroom and the
> cable has only one jack in the living room. Can this type of
> connection be done, with the wireless router  and modem providing a
> connection to the computer in the bedroom with a USB wireless adapter?
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> I can connect my laptop at the other end of my home and my main
> computer off as long as my router is powered up. Does BElkin and Vista
> not play nice together or am I doing something wrong. I feel bad I
> cannot get this up and running. He does not live with me and I want to
> have a little more knowledge next Saturday when I stop over.
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> Anyone..........................?
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> Regards,
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> RP
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> Knowledge is like money, the less you talk about it
> the more people assume you have.