sbaker81
09-15-2005, 09:28 AM
Hi
I have recently bought a Netgear DG834g wireless ADSL router. I have set this router up on XP fine (with some problems). I have pinged the routher address and everything is working fine.
My problem is this. There is someone else with a netgear wireless network in my builidng (I live in flats) and my laptop seems to just want to pick up that wireless network and not mine.
I have gone to the list of preferred wirless networks and removed the other network (named NETGEAR) that is in my building. My wireless network (named NETGEAR-SDB) is in the list and has a red cross over the little green symbol. What does this mean?
When I turn my router off, the wireless network list doesnt change and still says I can connect to the NETGEAR network. But when this person turns off their network and I turn on mine, it doesnt show a network at all. I have followed the XP installation to the letter, and have set up the network using a flash USB memory stick as suggested. The list then says that my laptop has been setup on the NETGEAR-SDB network, yet when I unplug the ethernet cable I have used to connect my router to my pc, the connection to the internet drops!
This really is driving me round the bend, can anyone help?
Steve
I have recently bought a Netgear DG834g wireless ADSL router. I have set this router up on XP fine (with some problems). I have pinged the routher address and everything is working fine.
My problem is this. There is someone else with a netgear wireless network in my builidng (I live in flats) and my laptop seems to just want to pick up that wireless network and not mine.
I have gone to the list of preferred wirless networks and removed the other network (named NETGEAR) that is in my building. My wireless network (named NETGEAR-SDB) is in the list and has a red cross over the little green symbol. What does this mean?
When I turn my router off, the wireless network list doesnt change and still says I can connect to the NETGEAR network. But when this person turns off their network and I turn on mine, it doesnt show a network at all. I have followed the XP installation to the letter, and have set up the network using a flash USB memory stick as suggested. The list then says that my laptop has been setup on the NETGEAR-SDB network, yet when I unplug the ethernet cable I have used to connect my router to my pc, the connection to the internet drops!
This really is driving me round the bend, can anyone help?
Steve