Currently I have two PCs both running Windows XP Professional Edition. I have decided to get a Belkin 802.11G 2.4ghz 54g Wireless Router, a Belkin Wireless 802.11G 2.4ghz 54G Wireless PCI card for my sisters PC which is in her bedroom and I acquired a Netgear 10/100mbit NIC card from my mate. I don't know that much about networking so my only guidance was the instruction manuals that Belkin provided.
So far I managed to get the following setup by a combination of following the instructions in the manual provided and fiddling about blindly. I currently have my downstairs PC with the Netgear 10/100 NIC connected to the router and I can successfully connect to the internet. I also have a Firewire port on my Audigy 2 which seems to be classed as a device for networking. Foolishly I seemed to have formed a network bridge of these two devices :-(
My sister's PC has a 54g PCI Card which has been installed correctly and it had trouble detecting that my Belkin 54g Router had a wireless connection. Miraculously it can now establish a connection with the router but it seems that the connection is worthless. I can't access the internet or access any files on the other PC even though the relevant files on the other PC have been marked as shared.
Also the router has a built in firewall and NAT both of which were enabled by default. I turned off the firewall beacause it was causing MSN Messenger to slow down when transferring files. Later I realised that MSN was being slowed down due to the NAT being enabled so like an idiot I not only disabled NAT but I ended up being locked out of the configuration page. After a restart I managed to still connect to the internet and MSN works fine. However I am unhappy with the configuration and this is where I need your help. Since I am very bad at setting up networks I will need detailed step by step instructions on how to go about executing my query.
First of all how can I reset my router so I can access my router configuration page?
Then once I have done that how can I go about networking my sisters Wireless PCI card and the Main PC with Netgear NIC to the Belkin 54g router, and then have the ability on both PCs to access:
- the internet
- any device plugged into either PC from any of the PCs
- any files either PC from any of the PCs
Lastly with the firewall and NAT left on how do I configure the router to allow MSN full bandwith, so that MSN doesn't get slowed down by the router's NAT or Firewall.
PC Spec: AMD Athlon XP 2000+, ECS K7S5A Motherboard, 768MB SDRAM PC133, Sparkle nVidia Riva TNT2 M64 32MB AGP Graphics Card, Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 6.1, Windows XP
So far I managed to get the following setup by a combination of following the instructions in the manual provided and fiddling about blindly. I currently have my downstairs PC with the Netgear 10/100 NIC connected to the router and I can successfully connect to the internet. I also have a Firewire port on my Audigy 2 which seems to be classed as a device for networking. Foolishly I seemed to have formed a network bridge of these two devices :-(
My sister's PC has a 54g PCI Card which has been installed correctly and it had trouble detecting that my Belkin 54g Router had a wireless connection. Miraculously it can now establish a connection with the router but it seems that the connection is worthless. I can't access the internet or access any files on the other PC even though the relevant files on the other PC have been marked as shared.
Also the router has a built in firewall and NAT both of which were enabled by default. I turned off the firewall beacause it was causing MSN Messenger to slow down when transferring files. Later I realised that MSN was being slowed down due to the NAT being enabled so like an idiot I not only disabled NAT but I ended up being locked out of the configuration page. After a restart I managed to still connect to the internet and MSN works fine. However I am unhappy with the configuration and this is where I need your help. Since I am very bad at setting up networks I will need detailed step by step instructions on how to go about executing my query.
First of all how can I reset my router so I can access my router configuration page?
Then once I have done that how can I go about networking my sisters Wireless PCI card and the Main PC with Netgear NIC to the Belkin 54g router, and then have the ability on both PCs to access:
- the internet
- any device plugged into either PC from any of the PCs
- any files either PC from any of the PCs
Lastly with the firewall and NAT left on how do I configure the router to allow MSN full bandwith, so that MSN doesn't get slowed down by the router's NAT or Firewall.
PC Spec: AMD Athlon XP 2000+, ECS K7S5A Motherboard, 768MB SDRAM PC133, Sparkle nVidia Riva TNT2 M64 32MB AGP Graphics Card, Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 6.1, Windows XP