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Title: help me with wireless stuff Post by: Mexicano Rojo on Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 12:55:04 bought a sony vaio laptop with wireless connection what the fuck am i supposed to do to get online have turned on the wireless button but nothing has happened help!
Title: help me with wireless stuff Post by: Onion_Jimbo on Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 12:55:52 how much was your lap top? I want one like that.
Title: help me with wireless stuff Post by: Mexicano Rojo on Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 12:57:48 £850 but its no fuckin good if i cant get online
Title: help me with wireless stuff Post by: Onion_Jimbo on Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 12:59:35 I set my wireless conection up in my house. but my dad did most of it. the words router and no wires spring to mind.
Title: help me with wireless stuff Post by: Mexicano Rojo on Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 13:01:50 what the fucks a router? why cant you just turn it on and it works, i hate technology.
Title: help me with wireless stuff Post by: Sippo on Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 13:02:30 You would needs a wireless access point with a broadband router to access with wireless. For the point I'd recommend d-link:
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000068UYB.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg Title: help me with wireless stuff Post by: Piemonte on Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 13:09:30 Mexico, you plug the device above (or something similar) into you're main phone socket. Thats about as much as I know, my mate did the rest :oops:
Title: help me with wireless stuff Post by: Mexicano Rojo on Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 13:13:09 cheers how much do they cost?
Title: help me with wireless stuff Post by: Piemonte on Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 13:17:29 Mine was about £80, roughly 8 months ago
Title: help me with wireless stuff Post by: Simon Pieman on Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 18:20:33 you can pick them up for £60 if you look around. i had a nightmare setting mine up while the bunch of fuckers that are my housmates decided it would be fun to watch me tear all my hair out. then the fuckers didn't even thank me after hours of stress. i might block their pcs then watch them stress :twisted:
Title: help me with wireless stuff Post by: Whits on Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 19:14:41 The wireless stuff built into laptops is only useful out of the box if your in a "hot spot" like macdonalds and other places like that, apart from that you will need a DSL wireless router like above to use it in your home
If you ADSL at home get one of these bad boys - http://www.dabs.com/uk/Search2/Product+Details.htm?quicklinx=2VCD&searchphrase=netgear%20wireless thats what i have, took about 5 mins to set up Title: help me with wireless stuff Post by: blinkpip on Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 19:18:11 I want to put a wireless network in my house. I have two pcs (one old 98).
How do I get started? Title: help me with wireless stuff Post by: Simon Pieman on Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 19:19:15 mine worked for 1 pc, but not for any more. found out this was actually a conflict with the wireless card's software and xp. fucking xp
Title: help me with wireless stuff Post by: Simon Pieman on Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 19:20:21 Quote from: "blinkpip" I want to put a wireless network in my house. I have two pcs (one old 98 ). How do I get started? do you want to share t'internet connection as well? Title: help me with wireless stuff Post by: Whits on Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 19:22:40 Quote from: "blinkpip" I want to put a wireless network in my house. I have two pcs (one old 98). How do I get started? 2 x http://www.dabs.com/uk/Search2/Product+Details.htm?quicklinx=2NYG&searchphrase=netgear%20wireless%20pci OR 2 x http://www.dabs.com/uk/Search2/Product+Details.htm?quicklinx=2CS5&searchphrase=belkin%20pci%20wireless (bit cheaper) 1 x http://www.dabs.com/uk/Search2/Product+Details.htm?quicklinx=2VCD&searchphrase=netgear%20wireless :\/ Title: help me with wireless stuff Post by: blinkpip on Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 19:28:39 So I just stick one of these cards in my pc. Both? And install a set up disk?
Yeah, I want to use the internet on it too. why can't I say 8) Title: help me with wireless stuff Post by: Whits on Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 19:32:44 http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1276145,00.asp
Title: help me with wireless stuff Post by: yeo on Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 20:16:43 Seriously Mex how the hell did you think it was going to work? 8)
Title: help me with wireless stuff Post by: Simon Pieman on Wednesday, February 16, 2005, 03:23:07 Quote from: "Yeovil Red" Seriously Mex how the hell did you think it was going to work? 8) soapy motherfucking tit wank! :soapy tit wank: |