wireless question

NeVeR

I got a new laptop today, a Sony Vivo. I want to us it on the net, now i have a cable modem for my PC. how can i use it on the laptop and on teh PC at the same time.

is there a wireless thing i can get to do this?

oscarBravo

How does the cable modem connect to the PC - ethernet or USB? What make/model is it?

NeVeR

i have it via ethernet , but i can do it via USB, I have NTL cable modem. do yo need the mobel ?

oscarBravo

You should be able to connect an access point to the cable modem, and use a wireless card in the laptop to connect to it. You can then either get a wireless card for the PC, or get an ethernet switch/hub to connect both the laptop and the AP to the cable modem.

What's your PC's IP address?

NeVeR

why do ya need my IP ?

Can anyone link me to a page where they sell them so i know what they are and what they look like .

thanks,

NotMe

Here's what I have: http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=33&scid=35&prid=505

oscarBravo

NeVeR wrote:

why do ya need my IP ?

Because how you do what you want to do depends on whether your cable modem is a NAT router or not.

NeVeR

oscarBravo wrote:

Because how you do what you want to do depends on whether your cable modem is a NAT router or not.

it's 81.98.90.97

on the back back of my modem there is a MAC number would that be it,,

oscarBravo

Hm, that complicates things. That's a public, routable IP address. It's fair to assume you're only going to get one of those from NTL, which means you need a router. This will talk to the cable modem on the 81.98 address, and assign something like 192.168.1.* addresses to your PC and laptop.

I've no experience with setting up wireless routers with cable modems. My brother had a setup like that in London when he had NTL cable. It's probably similar, so if no-one else here can help you out, I can check with him.

NeVeR

cheers thanks. i'll check with my IT dept in work, they might know

NeVeR

NotMe wrote:

Here's what I have: http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=33&scid=35&prid=505

I got this one but i'm having trouble getting it to work,

i cant get the laptop to work from it , the singal to the laptop is "Excellent" acording to the computer, but it wont let me go to any sites,, keep getting an Error. saying "" internet explorer could not open the search page""

anyone know whats wrong,?

Mr. Presentable

XP?
Try using a dynamic IP instead of static

NeVeR

how will i get a dynamic IP,, i am on Xp and i did select static

Mr. Presentable

Right click your wireless connection on the taskbar
Select "Open network and dial up connections
right click your wireless connection
Go to properties
select TCP/IP
go to properties
Select "obtain IP address automatically"

NeVeR

spannerhead wrote:

Right click your wireless connection on the taskbar
Select "Open network and dial up connections
right click your wireless connection
Go to properties
select TCP/IP
go to properties
Select "obtain IP address automatically"

cheers worked,