I can get online with my Acer only if I hook an either net cable from it to the router. I was told the wireless is locked, but don't know how to unlock it.

You wouldnt not as long as you have a wireless router hooked up so the printer can communicate with your pc. If you dont have wireless router then yes you would need wire. Even though printer is wireless it has to communicate wirelessly with something..

There is two pass key's one for the service provider and the other is for the wireless connection between your laptop and the router.Read your manual.

All you should need to do is connect the HP printer to your wireless router via Ethernet cable (which should be included with the printer). Follow the instructions that came with your printer to set it up on your computer.

Make sure that your computer is able to go online through the modem.
If your computer is not able to go online through the modem then you will need to call ISP first.
If your computer is able to go online through the modem
then you need to connect the computer to the router and the modem to the router.
open the set up page of the router and change the settings of the router according to the ISP.

Are you trying to set up the router.
You can do it manually without the CD.
Make sure that your computer is able to go online
through the modem.
If your computer is able to go online through the
modem
Then you need to connect the computer to the
router and the modem to the router.
open the set up page of the router and change the
settings of the router according to the ISP.

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I would contact your hughes net, that is a satelite provider. That is a total different system, than dsl or cable. Hughes net should be able to walk you through the setup.

First try connection the Yellow ethernet cable from the rca modem to your computer's network connection. If you get a connection this way, then your modem will work with a ethernet cable. If not, then call Comcast for help. The modem ethernet out to computer port must be connected to the wan line of the router. Then you can connect an ethernet cable from your computer network connection to one of the 4 ports of the router. For wireless connections you must set up the router and wireless adaptor with the same settings to connect. Follow the routers directions.
Good Luck

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I believe you are trying to connect wirelessly using your laptop to your wireless router(Belkin 59G). Try to hook it up first on your computer and check if you can go online.

If yes, then that's the time you go to the router's set up page and check the wireless security of the router so that you can connect wirelessly.

If not, then you have to reconfigure the router and the modem. If your internet service provider is cable you can just turn off the router then the modem and waitfor 5 seconds. Turn on the modem, wait for the lights to turn on then the router. After that, check if the computer will be able to go online when connected directly to the router.

The easiest way to help you out is this; unplug the router from the modem and plug the router directly into your computer. When this is done go to Internet Explorer or any other Internet browser you are using and type in 192.168.1.1 as the web site address. I know you are used to the www.website.com style but with this you do not need the www in front of it. Once you type in 192.168.1.1 press enter and it should log you right into the router no problem. If that does not work then the router has been configured with another address and you would have to reset it. DO NOT reset it until you know your IP address and you know that by resetting the router you will not mess up anything from the modem and from the provider that you are using.

do you have anything else on your wireless router using the wireless?....Does a laptop with a wireless card hook to your wireless setup and surf the net?...