New desktop - need to connect to wireless internet

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munster4ever

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I already have a laptop with a wireless connection through the phone line, now I have bought a desktop computer and would like to connect this to the same line, but have no idea how. Part of the problem is that I live in Italy and my Italian not being the best, I cannot understand the instructions my ISP gives me over the phone, so I am really hoping someone out there can inform me what I need to do here!

Thanks in advance.
 
Over the phone line, do you mean wall jack to modem to wireless router? You will need a wireless adapter installed in your desktop in order to receive wireless signal. If you have a wireless router and it has ports in the back for wired hookup just use that. or is the computer in a different room then the router?
 
Thanks, I've firgured out that I needed a USB adapter, which I have bought and installed (Netgear Wireless-G 54 USB 2.0 Adapter), and the computer is telling me everything is fine, it has connected to my network (Alice). Great, except the internet still does not launch. It tells me that a parameter is incorrect. I can't understand what the problem is, especially as my laptop is working from the same network with the same settings.
 
The_Other_One said:
What are you doing when you get this error? What's your OS? And what's your internet browser (name and version).
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I'm trying to launch Internet Explorer. When it says impossible to view page, I click on diagnostic of connection problem, and it gives me 3 possibilities:

1 connect a cable to the network adapter "Local Area Connection LAN"
2 view the security settings for wireless Alice-45461780 (the network I'm connected to)
3 Automatically retrieve new IP settings for the network adapter wireless network connection

When I click on option 2, I get the message that the parameter is incorrect. It goes on to detail the parameter where the problem is - it is a long series of random-looking characters, but I can type them here if it is relevant.

My OS is Windows vista.

Thanks very much for your help!
 
Darn... I was hoping you had an older computer/OS. I was thinking that error went along with some older errors from IE ;)

Anyway, try going to start > run > (or type in the bar after you click the windows button) CMD. This should bring up the command prompt. Once it opens, type ipconfig. You want to see something like;

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : lexcominc.net
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : ffff::8888:cccc:ffff:eeee%8
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.12
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1

You really want to see that the first 3 sets of numbers in the gateway and IP address match. If they don't or you don't have a gateway, you're probably not getting communications between your router.

Now if they do match, try typing your gateway into your browser. In the case of mine, it's http://192.168.11.1/. You should get promted for a password or maybe even some kind of router configuration menu. Regardless, we just want to see SOMETHING to know it communicates with the router.
 
Your ISP need the MAC address from the router. On the router, go into it's control panel by typing 192.168.1.1 in the address bar. Am I correct on this??
 
wildbill said:
Your ISP need the MAC address from the router. On the router, go into it's control panel by typing 192.168.1.1 in the address bar. Am I correct on this??
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No, you are not correct. Not all ISPs require MAC addresses. This also wouldn't explain why the other computer is working. Also router's use different IP addresses. Without knowing what router brand is being used, you can't state what IP address connects to the router. 192.168.1.1 is very common, but I know Bufallo routers use 192.168.11.1 and I'm thinking netgear use 192.168.2.1.
 
The_Other_One said:
Darn... I was hoping you had an older computer/OS. I was thinking that error went along with some older errors from IE ;)

Anyway, try going to start > run > (or type in the bar after you click the windows button) CMD. This should bring up the command prompt. Once it opens, type ipconfig. You want to see something like;

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : lexcominc.net
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : ffff::8888:cccc:ffff:eeee%8
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.12
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1

You really want to see that the first 3 sets of numbers in the gateway and IP address match. If they don't or you don't have a gateway, you're probably not getting communications between your router.

Now if they do match, try typing your gateway into your browser. In the case of mine, it's http://192.168.11.1/. You should get promted for a password or maybe even some kind of router configuration menu. Regardless, we just want to see SOMETHING to know it communicates with the router.
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Thanks so much for your help. I did this and the Default Gateway has no numbers. What does this mean?
 
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