Wireless Routers

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really sory about this, but have had a nightmare trying to set up wireless router for teenage girls laptops, given up, what a thing to set up. Any one tell me why my Netgear router will not connect. I have checked all the connections against the setup instructions, however keep being told that there is no connection and the light on the router for the ADSL connection not lit up, Given up. Any one had any experience in this area. sorry for being geeky, but pulling my hair out, been at it since 7. had to put my other modem back in. Good old faithful

sounds silly but when dp set ours up we have wireless button on my laptop and he hadnt pressed i lol

i wish it were that simple, checked that, but thanks, rang the netgear helpdesk and they were as much use as a chocolate teapot!!

Oh god. I can't help but we had/have the same problem. Total nightmare. Eventually did work and now doesn't. Now have a cable trailing across house to router thing which sits on the stairs. Looks lovely.

Dh went to bed and left me still trying to figure it out, gave up and came on here to console myself at my failings, not that i'd say that aloud

Tell your dh to sort it out. That's what men were invented for, innit?

Ok have you got a surfboard cable modem at the side of your computer. Because I spent three days trying to set up a wireless network with a Belkin router and EVENTUALLY after speaking to a LOT of people in India we figured out that the cable modem needs to be switched on before the router for some weird conectivity reason.

silly question - but have you tried it in the same room - no walls blocking the signal ?

Have you checked that you haven't limited it to certain mac addresses or password limited it ? You ought to do that once you have it working so that only your machines can use it.

If the light on the router for the wireless is not lit up then it is not working. I had a netgear wireless router that suddenly decided it didn't do wireless anymore - finally they replaced it but it was painful - and as you say the help desk were about as much help as a chocolate teapot. I have come to the conclusion that I prefer to have an ethernet cable connecting them !

ethernet?

ethernet - the cable that you use to connect pcs to a router - with a rj45 connector on the end (just to confuse you more). Also know at cat5 cable (probably). It is the alternative to wireless - your router probably has maybe 4 sockets on it (my netgear wireless router/modem does).

I've emailed this thread to my partner though

that should be known as not know at !

I think if there is no light on the router showing the wireless is broadcasting you need to get that sorted first.

You can download a firmware update from netgear - which might or might not help. You need to go in to the router via its web page (something like 192.168.0.1) - make sure the wireless option is ticked (mine had disappeared completely - as far as it was concerned it didn't do wireless !).

sorted it, bought new computer, new printer, new router .....oh and new speakers.....works now {smile}