trying to connect my wifi to my nextdoor neighbor's desktop

enchantress72 · Mar 28, 2015

My neighbor has a desktop running windows xp, it does have a wifi adapter card.Every time I try the wifi wizard I can't connect.Not sure if I'm putting info wrong or their desktop is just to out of date.Please help!

ShakedG · Mar 28, 2015

download the driver for the WiFi receiver. Also, is it a PCIe card or a USB?

enchantress72 · Mar 28, 2015

Yes it has pcie card but how do I download the wifi receiver? I don't know much about using wifi period.

ShakedG · Mar 28, 2015

So you're sure the PCIe is plugged in and has power? Some PCIe cards need a molex connector. Find out which make and model the card is and then look it up and download the drivers for it.

bill001g · Mar 28, 2015

You can't by default connect 2 wifi pc together. They are designed to connect to a router not each other.

You will have to reconfigure the neighbors pc to support adhoc networking to get it to connect. It still is lots harder to get that all setup than just connecting both machines to a common router and then use the standard file sharing abilities to get to data.

ShakedG · Mar 28, 2015

bill001g :

No offence, but how is this relevant?

bill001g · Mar 28, 2015

ShakedG :

"trying to connect my wifi to my nextdoor neighbor's desktop"

"very time I try the wifi wizard I can't connect"

Why would you think it was NOT relevant. He is trying to connect directly PC to PC which will never work unless you configure the devices so they can do it.

g90814 · Mar 28, 2015

Ok to be clear: you're trying to let your neighbor use your internet connection, and you're trying to get their computer to see your wireless network?

What isn't working? What error messages do you see? Does it just not see your network? Can you see your network from where their computer is (with your phone or another device... tablet, or laptop)?

Here's the basics (without any 'wizard') Ignore the references to PlusNet, start at #1.: http://www.plus.net/support/broadband/wireless_broadband/wireless_connect_winxp.shtml

If you don't see any wireless networks, something is wrong with the wireless card (drivers?).
If you see other networks, but not yours, then the signal is too weak and you won't be able to connect unless you move the computer or the router so the signal can reach.

ShakedG · Mar 30, 2015

bill001g :

ShakedG :

"trying to connect my wifi to my nextdoor neighbor's desktop"

"very time I try the wifi wizard I can't connect"

Why would you think it was NOT relevant. He is trying to connect directly PC to PC which will never work unless you configure the devices so they can do it.

I believe he is trying to connect his neighbor to his WiFi network, not to a PC (which I don't even know what you mean by that). No need to get upset, we're all just trying to help.

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