Text 55609, 108 rader
Skriven 2009-07-02 17:55:47 av Alan Zisman (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 55606 av ED VANCE (1:123/140)
Ärende: wifi card w/external ante
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ED VANCE -> ALAN ZISMAN wrote:
 AZ>> ED VANCE -> TOM WALKER wrote:



 EV> I don't use a wireless router on my Desktop computer.

Ed- do you have a router (wired or wireless) connected to your DSL Modem? If
not, then all the rest of this can be ignored... i.e. if you're connecting, vis
Ethernet cable, directly from the computer to the DSL Modem. If you have more
than one computer making use of the DSL connection, presumably you have a
router- whether wired or wireless.


 EV> What I was desireing to turn off was the Wi-Fi on the Acer Notebook I
 EV> bought from my brother.

 AZ>> That's not a list of nearby computers necessarily- and it doesn't
 EV> mean that
 AZ>> those others are connecting to your DSL connection.

 EV> That is exactly what I didn't want happening.

If your DSL Modem isn't connected to a WiFi (wireless) router (with wireless
enabled) then nearby computers can't connect to your DSL connection- unless you
have Internet Connection Sharing enabled on your computer or have set it up for
'infrastructure' wireless connections- neither of these are enabled by default,
so presumably they aren't set unless you specifically did it.

If you DO have a wireless router connected to your DSL Modem, then the steps I
described might be worth doing.

 AZ>> Most routers let you access their settings by typing a specified IP
 EV> address
 AZ>> into a web browser then entering a log-in name and password (the
 EV> exact addre
 AZ>> and log-in info will vary with router manufacturer, and can be
 EV> changed in th
 AZ>> settings)... this will get a set of pages with various configuration
 EV> setting
 AZ>> Often, one of the pages- often the one with settings for DHCP will list
 AZ>> computer names that have been connected... that can be useful to see
 EV> if any
 AZ>> computers other than your own have been connecting.

 EV> I have tried inputting 192.168.0.1 in Internet Explorer but nothing
 EV> happens.

Is there some reason why you chose 192.168.0.1 ? As I said, the IP address
varies with router manufacturer.

 EV> I will try it again on the laptop to make sure I am correct in what I am
 EV> typing here so I won't cause more confusion.

 EV> All IE8 shows is: "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage.".

 EV> In a CMD window I typed IPCONFIG/ALL and it showed 192.168.1.1, so I
 EV> tried thatand got a "Internet Explorer has stopped working" window on
 EV> the screen.

 EV> When I did the ipconfig/all thing I also saw a line that said: IPv4
 EV> 192.168.1.101 so I am going to try that in IE8.

IPCONFIG displays the address of your computer; the router's address may be
listed as the 'gateway'.... you need to try to connect (using IE or other
browser) to the router's address- not your computer's.


 EV> That also says "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage.".

 EV> I have no idea how to find the built in Wi-Fi settings in the notebook.

If you're trying to access the router's WiFi settings- to turn off WiFi or turn
on encryption, the WiFi settings in the notebook don't matter...


 AZ>> Moreover, these configuration pages let you enable or disable the
 EV> router's
 AZ>> wireless functions- which it seems like you want.

 AZ>> However, the best way to ensure no one 'outside' is accessing your
 EV> wireless,
 AZ>> while still keeping it available for your use is to turn on
 EV> encryption on th
 AZ>> wireless connection. Early-generation routers left this off by
 EV> default to ma
 AZ>> a simpler setup for users- at the cost of security. Most current
 EV> models have
 AZ>> turned on by default, requiring users to run a setup wizard prior to
 EV> first u

 EV> I have went through the notebooks WPA(WPA2?) procedure and have saved it
 EV> to a flash drive so when ever (if ever) I want my Desktop to connect
 EV> Wirelessly to the notebook I'll be able to do it.


Like I said earlier, you seem unclear whether you want to change configuration
on a router or on a notebook or other computer.


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