I am without a doubt the most useless mother in the world, not oly can I not sort out DD's New computer on to the network but neither did I marry a man who can

[KatyMac]

The computer will be out the window soon

'Limited or no connectivity' my arse

I did the latter

Well mine can dance & do the ironing......it's rare I want to swop

Mine can dance, iron and fix the computer

Dp says if you are using a wireless dongle try and click repair

or check you are connected to your main computer not the neighbours (like we did .

Or check your security is allowing the dongle to connect .

This is all from dp and made my head hurt typing it ...you could just do what I do wiggle the dongle .

No dongle (whatever that is)

It works on a network cable - but the wireless is not conecting (maybe)

I'm going to cry

& DD is going to hate me

He is baffled .

I have been doing things with Zero Wireless Configuration & DHCP Client (as told to on google) but just getting frustrated

Katy Katy Katy - have been meaning to email you to say:

Have a great Christmas and a fantastic holiday! Will be in touch in the New year.

DH says normally you can connect to a wireless router if you open a browser (e.g. Internet Explorer), type the IP address 192.168.0.1 and then press return, and that should take you to a router but the router will probably need a password. The password would have been generated when the wireless network was set up.

& to you too (guess where we are going on Sunday)

btw the ip address didn't work

I wonder if it is the network card?

Sorry - he's just gone on an emergency croissants for the morning run.

It's Egypt, isn't it? Am very

Tell him I won't take him in the boat now he has abandoned me in my hour of need

How are the children.....all OK?

Boys in a state of high excitement - probably the last year I'll have a Believer. Oldest 2 are home, safe, well and alive so I am a very happy mother

Aww bless

DD is wavering - I'm not sure (& neither is my mum) whether she believes or not

This computer is useless

Can you email me your phone number and I'll get him to call you when he's back?

it may sound daft, but if it is a laptop, some have a switch that you need to slide to activate wireless

would that be it?

Thanks I have

But don't let him ring if he is too busy doing stuff for you

Lou33 not daft at all there is a whole thread somewhere about my laptop & the wireless switch

But this one has a wireless card

ok have you gone to the start menu then connect to?
who is your isp?

BT

I have either

Wireless connection - Limited or no connectivity

or

Local area Connection - Network cable unplugged

We get this from time to time with BT.

But it's usually only a temporary thing. I usually give up for a while and when I come back it's all ok.

Sorry, that's a bit of a crap answer isn't it?

Well the connection is fine on this comp & on DH's it is only adding DD's on to the network I am struggling with....I think

I know this might sound stupid, but you have put the correct "key number" into the computer haven't you?

I only say this because Dh recited the number from the back of the hub for me. After a whole week of not getting a connection, I decided to check the number myself. There are only 2 numbers on the hub, and dh had given me the wrong one!!!

Oh and also, I still have a bit of trouble with the computer in dd's room.

Her room is quite a distance from the hub, with a few stone walls in the way. I have to wave the dongle thingy around for a good few minutes before I can connect.