Wireless wont connect,have to use the ethernet cable What am i doing wrong?

Question

Here's the thing I am using a ethernet cable to get online, I have a netgear router. I have tried using my wireless and this is what I get when i unplug the ethernet cable. Wireless shows connected however I get the work offline or try again disply box. I have gone into the IP thingy as well as tried turning off and on everything in order and still without the cable Im not getting access.

Answer 1

using the ethernet cable go to your router IP address and configure the wireless setup. give it an SSID name. Make sure you write down the encryption keys you use. WPA2 is recommended. so put in the key from A-F and 0 - 9. dont forget to write it down. use all small letters. save your changes. now remove the ethernet cable. connect your modem to the router not in the port 1, 2, 3, or 4 but there is a single port for internet modem connection. now go to your wirelless network card of your computer and ensure you slected obtain IP address automatically. ensure no subnet mask etc have been entered. now you will see a computer icon appear on your bottom right hand side near the time. double click on it and say view network connection. you will see everyones SSID including yours. click on your SSID connection and put in the encryption key you had written down. it will connect without a problem. you can repeat this to other computers you want to connect to the net in your house as well

Answer 2

Hello,



(ANS) OK! No.1 DON'T confuse setting up the router itself with adding a network client computer connection to the router, this is a different task entirely.



No.2 Once the router is set-up and working via the Ethernet cable that came with the Netgear router you need to add the wireless client and this is done on the computer NOT the router.



No.3 Please note that to add ANY wireless client to your router you must have the following x2 pieces of information and these are:-



a) a SSID (service set identifier) which is just a fancy name for a network identification label which can be seen by the public facing internet i.e. by external people. It might look like this Neargear00934 or similar.



b) Encryption Key, the encryption key that you created on your router must also be precisely the same as used on your wireless desktop or laptop. Note if the key is not exactly the same you wont be able to join the client computer to your routers network. It MUST BE exactly the same character for character, letter or number for letter or number,etc. Try to use WPA-PSK or better still WPA-PSK2 because its stronger.



No.4 FORGET!!, fiddling with IP address's just make sure the router has its DHCP server (built into the router) enabled, & also make sure your client computer also has "get an IP from a DHCP server" enabled on your connection.



No.5 The router must have a Default Gateway IP address otherwise non of your client computers will be able to find the internet.



No.6 Don't worry to much if this all sounds dreadfully complex because the fact is that it IS highly complex to most ordinary folk. Routers ARE the perhaps as complex as computers themselves and even for highly experienced IT people routers can still be quite tricky to configure accurately, so don't feel bad if your struggling. **You can always contact Netgear for help on configuring the router especially if you only purchased it recently.



**Contact the makers of the wireless network card if its that side of the connection were the problem lies.



Hope my instructions might be helpful?



Kind Regards Ivan



computer veteran, windows user since 1989.

Answer 3

Could be something as stupid as you try to connect to an old setting /network if your laptop can see your network it has to be configured correctly if you input the passkey wrong it will throw up limted or no connectivity if not try removing your network from the list

completly then refresh it and once your network appears connect add your key and hopefully you will connect (right click the wireless icon on your taskbar )bottom right of screen )and select view wireless networks once there on the menu (change order of preffered networks

highlight yours and remove on the same menu select refresh once yours appears connect



NOTE:

and if you have an acer laptop it has power management features that turns off the wireless connection for no apparent reason so you have to enable again

Answer 4

Try unplugging the router for a few seconds and plugging it back in. If that doesn't work, do the same thing with the modem. If that doesn't work, go to network settings, right click on the wireless icon and click repair.

Answer 5

bypass with the Ethernet cable. that's more low-priced and larger sturdy. you do not desire any threat of LAG and that is what a prompt adapter will introduce. as well the inability of speed by capacity of going prompt, you've the potential for interference by capacity of your microwave, cordless phones, your associates, or perhaps human beings strolling between your prompt router and the Xbox. also, you would not have customary this, in spite of the undeniable fact that the Xbox prompt controllers are on the same 2.4GHz frequency, which capacity you could by threat knock your controller off even as playing (even in spite of the undeniable fact that particularly uncommon!). prompt substances freedom, yet in a gaming international, in case you could ruin out with a cord, then it is the way you should do it.

Answer 6

could be a number of things, but see if the connection is enabled to the wireless. go to the connect to tab from the start button and check it.