I hooked up a Linksys wireless n home router, I have internet to the desktop but cannot get my laptop to connect wireless, we want to use this in our small business, it is in a open area with no wall interferance. Can you help with some ideas? I used the cd to set it up.

Try: Clarify - the desktop is connected with an ether net cable? Is working? Install router software on desktop to manage router. Trying to connect desktop wirelessly? Wireless card installed? Radio activated? Network detected?

1.Log into router (192.168.0.1) user name "admin

2. Verify wireless router name( on the computer) >>> ( on/off)
3.Note router name you are connecting to.
4.. Check the laptop do ipconfig /all to see current IP addresses.
5. Set the Desktop/laptop up in the router by WEP KEY or MAC address.
6.Note router name you are connecting to.

Check if you can connect to the internet when hooked directly to the modem. If your connection works fine through the modem, then your router needs to be reconfigured.

Your Router might be locked on your laptop, try this,
1. Unplug the power cord from the wireless router
2. Wait 10 seconds.
3. Plug the router back in.
hope this helps

If you purchased a Linksys wireless roter then you shoul not need the switch anymore-
Try going directly from your time warner modem into the Interner/WAN port on the router and then plug your desktop computer and the vontage phone system into 2 of the ports on the router. After everything is hooked up you will probably need to power cycle for it all to work correctly.
Please power cycle in this order:

Reboot modem - then Router- then Vontage phone system.

Hope this helps

From your description, you appear to be connected to the router fine.

Try powering down the modem from Comcast for about 2 minutes then power it back up. If it doesn't come back, call Comcast service as it is likely on their end.

Hope this helps.

Hello dstoller,
You description is very confusing to sort exactly what is or isn't happening.Let me try to sort out what you have:

You have a Laptop

You have a Desktop

Desktop has a printer attached

You have a DSL modem with a wireless router

Laptop via ethernet: Good

Laptop via wireless: Not Good?

Desktop via wireless: Good

Not sure exactly what you are needing help with...


- Vincent

Still not sure what

I don't see why not..
are you trying to hook up both computers to your linksys router?
if you have 3 computers now... I'm assuming your old pc was connected directly to the router, your laptop was connected wirelessly and now you have a brand new computer that you also want to connect to the internet using your lynksis router.. you should have not problems doing it, wirelessly or using a wire...as long as your router has ports avaliable...

You only need one to computer to setup router (you can use desktop)

For DSL connection follow the steps

http://linksys.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/linksys.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3687&p_created=1151389425&p_sid=khmabxfj&p_accessibility=0&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MTA0JnBfcHJvZHM9MCZwX2NhdHM9MTcyMSwxNzIzJnBfcHY9JnBfY3Y9Mi4xNzIzJnBfc2NmX2xhbmc9MSZwX3BhZ2U9MSZwX3NlYXJjaF90ZXh0PURTbA**&p_li=&p_topview=1


To setup wireless connection.

http://linksys.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/linksys.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3967&p_created=1159257209&p_sid=25Kkbxfj&p_accessibility=0&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MTU0NCZwX3Byb2RzPTAmcF9jYXRzPTE3MjEsMTcyMyZwX3B2PSZwX2N2PTIuMTcyMyZwX3NjZl9sYW5nPTEmcF9wYWdlPTEmcF9zZWFyY2hfdGV4dD13aXJlbGVzcyBzZXR1cA**&p_li=&p_topview=1

if i were to guess you are probably a PPPoE user with a dynamic IP address.

possible config