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I am so new to wireless it isn't even funny, but
here is the problem and I hope someone can help.
I have a netgear 614 wireless router and a pc
hardwired to it, as well as a usb netgear 121
adaptor on my wifes pc out in the den, and a
toshiba laptop with builtin wireless ability.
I got the router setup, did wep 64 security
installed the drivers on the other pc with the 121
on it, entered the wep key created on my main pc
after configuring it to wep 64.
Shows 100% signal on wireless pc, laptop same
thing great signals, however I find myself having
to reset my modem and or the netgear router all
the time (they loose connection, all 3 pcs show as
red x on connection on task bar and I have to re
attempt to connect them again often, usually only
a restart of modem and or router works to get back
online).
I will be honest I DON'T know much at all about
wireless stuff, and I might have messed something
up but on the main pc with the router I went into
"wireless settings" did encrypt strength to 64,
authentication to "automatic", and in the part
where it said security encrypt wep key i entered a
word i thought up as a passphrase (box was empty
so I assumed i needed to enter a word) and it
created 4 keys, on the pc with the usb 121
(wireless pc) i installed the drivers for the 121,
checked WEP 64 and enetered the key given as KEY
1, hit apply and it showed 100% strength and
seemed to work great!
On the laptop It was different (built in
wireless), so I went to network connections,
choose wireless it showed NETGEAR as an available
network, i entered the second key KYE 2 that the
settings had given me but that didnt work so I
entered KEY 1 - that same key 1 as the usb 121 c
was using, in the network key area and hit
connect, (also checked box that said enable IEEE
802.1x 1x authentication for this network.)
then hit connect and it too showed 100% signal
strength and I was able to access the web.
All was sweet and I coudln't believe I got it all
running (first day with it after reading a bit
online and thru the manuals)...
However seems that every hour or so I find none of
the pcs seem to work on the web (even the hard
wired one) and I have to reset the cable modem and
unplug the netgear router for a min or so then it
all works again (for a while).
Guys/Girls I have no idea what I am doing and will
admit it, but I have spent alot of time trying to
figure this out, read the limited books and
materials that come with the items and I gotta say
I feel overwhelmed at the moment as to if my
settings are even right or what possibly could be
wrong here.
ANY suggestions or help would be greatly
appreciated.
Bill
I am so new to wireless it isn't even funny, but
here is the problem and I hope someone can help.
I have a netgear 614 wireless router and a pc
hardwired to it, as well as a usb netgear 121
adaptor on my wifes pc out in the den, and a
toshiba laptop with builtin wireless ability.
I got the router setup, did wep 64 security
installed the drivers on the other pc with the 121
on it, entered the wep key created on my main pc
after configuring it to wep 64.
Shows 100% signal on wireless pc, laptop same
thing great signals, however I find myself having
to reset my modem and or the netgear router all
the time (they loose connection, all 3 pcs show as
red x on connection on task bar and I have to re
attempt to connect them again often, usually only
a restart of modem and or router works to get back
online).
I will be honest I DON'T know much at all about
wireless stuff, and I might have messed something
up but on the main pc with the router I went into
"wireless settings" did encrypt strength to 64,
authentication to "automatic", and in the part
where it said security encrypt wep key i entered a
word i thought up as a passphrase (box was empty
so I assumed i needed to enter a word) and it
created 4 keys, on the pc with the usb 121
(wireless pc) i installed the drivers for the 121,
checked WEP 64 and enetered the key given as KEY
1, hit apply and it showed 100% strength and
seemed to work great!
On the laptop It was different (built in
wireless), so I went to network connections,
choose wireless it showed NETGEAR as an available
network, i entered the second key KYE 2 that the
settings had given me but that didnt work so I
entered KEY 1 - that same key 1 as the usb 121 c
was using, in the network key area and hit
connect, (also checked box that said enable IEEE
802.1x 1x authentication for this network.)
then hit connect and it too showed 100% signal
strength and I was able to access the web.
All was sweet and I coudln't believe I got it all
running (first day with it after reading a bit
online and thru the manuals)...
However seems that every hour or so I find none of
the pcs seem to work on the web (even the hard
wired one) and I have to reset the cable modem and
unplug the netgear router for a min or so then it
all works again (for a while).
Guys/Girls I have no idea what I am doing and will
admit it, but I have spent alot of time trying to
figure this out, read the limited books and
materials that come with the items and I gotta say
I feel overwhelmed at the moment as to if my
settings are even right or what possibly could be
wrong here.
ANY suggestions or help would be greatly
appreciated.
Bill