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<blockquote data-quote="BarakO" data-source="post: 2554740" data-attributes="member: 8850"><p>Ya know, I've never considered myself stupid about computers (all my friends come to me when they have problems with theirs), and I read up on this and thought I understood how to make it work, but this wireless router I just got is kicking my butt! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></p><p></p><p>Of course, I'm not trying to use it in the normal way... I'm on dial-up because I live out in the sticks and that's all there is. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>Anyway, I'll pass on what I've done so far and what I've seen, and anyone who can offer any suggestions, I'd appreciate it.</p><p></p><p>I set up my desktop for Internet connection sharing (which enables the DHCP on it, correct?).</p><p></p><p>Then I turned off the DHCP on the router. I plug my LAN line from the desktop into the WAN port of the router.</p><p></p><p>I set the SSID. Originally I had all security on (not broadcasting SSID, WPA, etc) , but as I got more frustrated and the laptop couldn't find the network I took it all off and turned on the SSID broadcasting... still nothing showing up on the laptop.</p><p></p><p>I finally go to bed last night in frustration.</p><p></p><p>Get up this morning, turn both desktop and laptop on and son-of-a-gun if the laptop doesn't find the network and attach itself! Cool! I pull up a web page to make sure it's working and it is. Thirty seconds later the connection dissolves and the laptop says it can't find any wireless networks again. Grrr...</p><p></p><p>Suggestions? Links to articles about someone else dumb enough to try and do something like this? (My google-fu appears to be weak today)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BarakO, post: 2554740, member: 8850"] Ya know, I've never considered myself stupid about computers (all my friends come to me when they have problems with theirs), and I read up on this and thought I understood how to make it work, but this wireless router I just got is kicking my butt! :p Of course, I'm not trying to use it in the normal way... I'm on dial-up because I live out in the sticks and that's all there is. :( Anyway, I'll pass on what I've done so far and what I've seen, and anyone who can offer any suggestions, I'd appreciate it. I set up my desktop for Internet connection sharing (which enables the DHCP on it, correct?). Then I turned off the DHCP on the router. I plug my LAN line from the desktop into the WAN port of the router. I set the SSID. Originally I had all security on (not broadcasting SSID, WPA, etc) , but as I got more frustrated and the laptop couldn't find the network I took it all off and turned on the SSID broadcasting... still nothing showing up on the laptop. I finally go to bed last night in frustration. Get up this morning, turn both desktop and laptop on and son-of-a-gun if the laptop doesn't find the network and attach itself! Cool! I pull up a web page to make sure it's working and it is. Thirty seconds later the connection dissolves and the laptop says it can't find any wireless networks again. Grrr... Suggestions? Links to articles about someone else dumb enough to try and do something like this? (My google-fu appears to be weak today) [/QUOTE]
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