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broadband laptop woes

  • 01-02-2007 5:29pm
    #1
    chuci
    Closed Accounts Posts: 938 ✭✭✭


    hello all. little problem i have with my wireless broadband when i turn on laptop theres no connection. so i have to go into the start menu and go to runt then have to look up services and turn on my wireless conector thingy and also have to activate this dchp i think its called. was onto the lads at eircom today and they said that it might be my firewall blocking the signal.it only happened today and yesterday and i haven done anything to the computer since i got broadband nearly two weeks ago. can anyone help? please if you do reply lamans terms people im one of these people who so much as turns on a computer and it explodes. thanks in advance


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  • #2
    gamer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,227 ✭✭✭gamer


    go to settings,control panel,network connections,click wireless connection, click CONNECT.if box,comes up, asks for broadband, user name password, type it in. if wep security is enabled,on modem, you way need to type in wep no,and bsid no. read the cdrom, manual, slowly in regard to wireless broadband enabled. see if knocking off your firewall makes any difference.plug pc into router with an ethernet cable to acess the net, google eircom.net wireless broadband support. you need dhcp turned on,windows wiresless configuration service turned on.ring eircom broadband helpline, ask em to go thru the settings to turn on wireless on your laptop,turn off the firewall be4 you ring em.takes maybe 5mins to check,dhcp, wireless settings, that is thier job.look at my network places, click on the right ,set up home wireless network, you may need to know,the wep of your router,an bsid.its not easy to do all this if you are a novice/casual user.maybe you know,techie, friend that could help you.WHAT model router have you,goteg netopia 5400.Post model no here. RIGHT click the laptop,network wireless adaptor in control panel.click,tcip/propertys,clik,obtain ip adress automatically.click ok twice.click enable dhcp ,if you can find it. go to start menu.restart the laptop.


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