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Skriven 2009-07-02 21:14:00 av ED VANCE (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av ALAN ZISMAN
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AZ>ED VANCE -> ALAN ZISMAN wrote:
AZ> AZ>> ED VANCE -> TOM WALKER wrote:



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

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

Alan,

I have a wired router connected to a DSL modem, a Desktop, a notebook
and a old 486 pc.

The notebook has built-in Wi-Fi.

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

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

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

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

The DSL modem isn't connected to a seperate Wi-Fi router, just to the
wired router.

I was assuming that people could get to my DSL modem by going through
the Wi-Fi connection on the notebook. I didn't know.

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

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

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

I have been guessing about what IP address that I have used.

I just went to Firefox and found out that 192.168.1.1 is the correct IP
for the Linksys router here.

Oh well, Eds head always has needed some fine tuning.   ;-)

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

I used IPCONFIG on the Vista notebook, I hadn't tried it on the XP box
yet.

I just tried it and the 192.168.1.1 is shown as the Default Gateway
address, it is also the DHCP setting.

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

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

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

I didn't know that.

I thought that I had to try to access the internal Wi-Fi adapter inside
the notebook just like I have accessed the wired router from the XP
desktop.

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

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

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


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

Yes, I am learning some new to me things with the newly acquired
notebook.

One other thought, since this is (was) my brothers first computer I have
no idea what settings he may have changed in the 9 months he had it.

For instance, when he saw "Press F2 ....." on the opening screen, that
is exactly what he did.

He even set a BIOS password, and if he hadn't remembered it so he could
tell me I would have been locked out of the BIOS.

I have been going through it trying to remove the games he has installed
and trying to learn if any settings he has made needed resetting to my
preferences.

Thanks for bearing with me here.


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