How do I set a wireless network in my house?

I tried to set up a network in my house and I think I did ok. My desktop works and it's hooked up to the router but my laptop cant pick up the internet. I have a notebookcard and it works everywhere else but at my house.

Mardessa1

 

Mardessa... It's actually very easy. Go to "My Network Places" or find the network area in Control Panel. Then choose "Set up a home or small office network"... Follow all the commands. As I recall... It gives you a few choices on how you would like to do it. I clicked on to the 2nd page of options and chose to connect to the internet through another pc on the network. It will allow you to follow through and ask you if you want to create a network setup disk. You can do it that way or do the exact same thing on the other pc... either way. You will need a network name that you must enter the same name for both PCs. Not a domain name... a network name. It should guide you through the rest of the setup. If you search here I am sure you will find a more thorough explanation than the one I just gave but that is basically it.

I have a desktop PC that is connected directly to my router and have wireless cards for the other 4 PCs in my house. They all connect wirelessly to the main PC and use its printer too. You can set up a printer later by using the printer setup command. Then choose "network printer" and it will search your system for the printer you have on the main PC. You need to get your network setup first though.

Good luck and please post back when you get it done!

 

He want to connect to his router not his PC.

You should clone your desktop PC MAC Address into the router. It should clear up your connection problem. ISP control access by MAC Filtering. Cloning your MAC Address will make the router appear as you desktop. So anyone connecting to your router will then be able to connect.

 

I'm a n00b to this forum as well, but remember to search first:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=30162