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how much would a router that connects an internet connection to a laptop with no lan switch cost?

i have a new laptop but i cant seem to find the lan switch so i might have to buy one of those routers that finds a lan connection and hook it up to the laptop. but i dont know where to find one or how much they cost. help?

Answer by kinky
http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-WRT54G2-Wireless-G-Broadband-Router/dp/B0014J07R2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1245611494&sr=8-1

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How do you connect a laptop to a network?

How can i connect my laptop to a Netwok if the Network is secure and i don’t have the password. Is this possible

Answer by Techwing
No. That’s what makes it secure.

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I have a network configured for open access but my laptop will not connect, why?

I have a network configured for open access but my laptop will not connect, why? Can someone suggest some other settings I may want to look at. I had it connected before, and now it will not. I must have changed something. My laptop detect the network and displays it and says it is open access, but when I click connect it will never connect.

Answer by johntrottier
Try connecting with a cable. If that works, then secure your wireless and try again
If you can’t connect with the cable – RESET YOUR ROUTER
One of the reasons you DON’T run an unsecured wireless network is that any fairly knowledgeable person (he does not even have to have reached “hacker” level) can take over an unsecured router and make it their own.

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How can i spy other desktop on my laptop over LAN network?

I alway noticed that my 13 brother alway lock inside his room, i saw on network folder showing that his laptop is on. What is he doing? how can i see his laptop screen on my laptop over LAN network without being notice?
My brother’s 13, Can i have the answer for the most important question please?
I will use your answer to spy on my 18 years old brother, please help me. ( he sometime does the same thing )
Can you give me a free software please? ( and that software didnt show to them that im spying on them )

Answer by P S 3
He’s on dirty sites.
LOL..
But seriously, what do you expect, he’s 13? It’s a phase.

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How to set up wireless network with PC and laptop?

Hello,
I have just installed broadband service on my computer. I have the high speed modem hooked to my wireless router, which then hooks into my PC. I also have a laptop that works fine off the router but I want the laptop and the PC to be networked. I use the wireless from the laptop and the wired on the PC. How do I set up this network, step by step? I would like to have print capabilities on the network as well as the ability to run programs on another computer. I am new to networking so if one can provide step by step info, that would be terrific.

Thanks alot,
Brian

Answer by T G
if your laptop gets on the internet, you are halfway there…
go to your network interface properties and click the box for file and print sharing on both computers… then go to your wired pc with the printer attached and right click the printer icon and choose sharing…check the box…click ok. go back to the laptop and in the start menu choose run then type the name of your wired pc after two backslashes ‘\[computername]‘ that will bring up a window with the shares of your wired pc…

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Network printer quit printing from laptop, any suggestions on how to fix?

I have set up the home network and shared the printer fine, then it just quit. It will print from desktop but not from laptop anymore. I have run all the troubleshooters I can find. The printer is shared and is selected as the default printer. I have tried deleting and reinstalling computer with no change. I have redownloaded drivers and rerun the setup wizard. Any advice would be appreciated!!

Answer by John D M B
Is the printer connected to the Desktop or to a router with a print server port?

If it is connected to a router with a built-in printserver, you may have to reset your router and run the setup again. Make sure you password the Admin account on the router.

If it is connected directly to your Desktop computer, removing the share; try un-installing it and reinstalling with the latest drivers for that printer and os. You will have to do the same with the laptop after finishing the desktop. Power off everything: Modem, Router, Hub (if you have one) Desktop, Laptop.

Power on the Modem first – wait untill the lights indicate proper connection.

Power on the Router – wait untill the lights indicate proper connection.

Power on the Hub (if you have one) – wait untill the lights indicate proper connection.

Power on the desktop and laptop. This usually fixes the problem.

If not:

Have you changed anything on the Desktop such as new programs, internet sharing, firewall, etc?

Some programs and Internet shares will change your settings and can prevent one or more computers from accessing shared devices.

Good Luck.

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How do i network my laptop to my desktop?

I have a compaq vv5305vm a linksys wrt54gs router. I’ve tried network setup and i cant get a network connection to get my printer to run wirelessor share files.

Answer by Ron Y
Did you ’share’ the printer?

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How do i transfer files from an xp to vista on a wireless network to a laptop from my old pc (the xp)?

videos mainly, they’re on wmp. i can watch them over the network but i odnt know how to get them onto my laptop form my old pc.
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Answer by chezzrob
you have to network the two computers then using the vista computer explore to the xp and copy and paste to vista

you should get enough info out of this, set the xp hard drive to share, skip the router bit, set up the two wifi to find each other

in the vista, right click the lan/wifi icon and go through the tick boxes in the properties screen. Thats the lan/wifi icon in the networking folder section.

Set up Home network
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If you cannot find these locations search for them in windows help files
Click start >help and support.

Wire in all computers and network printer to the router using cat 5 cable from their Ethernet ports. Cat 5 is faster than wifi. Use blue or white cat 5 leads, do not use any leads that have red on them.

If you buy your router from your ISP there is a good chance they will set it up for you. Check your ISP website for contact number.

Your ISP has to connect the router to the internet.

Then on each computer:

1.Open My Computer >Tools >Folder Options >View Tab >tick “use simple file sharing”
2.In My computer Right click the Hard Drive that you want to share >sharing and search > tick share the folder in network
3.On desktop screen select the my computer icon and right click the icon >properties >computer name tab > Change> bullet workgroup and type in WORKGROUP
4.In control panel category view >network and internet connections
a.select network connections > Find the LAN connection Icon >right click >enable
b.Find the Windows Firewall pop up (located in the LAN icon properties) >bullet Off ( disable any other firewall programs)
c.Find the LAN connection icon >right click >repair
d.In LAN connection properties pop up > Tick the four items in the main window > in properties screen for Internet Protocol >general tab >bullet two auto instructions
5.Using Explorer, expand My Network Places in the directory tree >select Workgroup > click on workgroup and what you can see in the results. This is your home network., you should see each computer that is in the Workgroup domain.
6.You can plug a network printer in the router and load the network printer drivers into each computer and each computer can access the same printer.
7.If you have a sensitive part of a computer that you do not want to share on the network, right click and un tick the sharing.. This can be the Hard drive, partition, folder or file.
8.You do not have to have sharing enabled on your computer to see others, you need sharing on Your computer enabled so others can see you.
9.After all computers are turned on and running, enable the firewall program you use on each computer.
10.Each computer will require their own antivirus and internet security programs.
11.Using the internet browser access the router (see router instructions) by typing in the IP address in the browser go bar.
12.Enable the routers wifi
13.on computers that You want to access the router’s wifi, boot up and run their wifi wizard to find the router
14.If you want to network the wifi computer you have to do the same from step 1 above to it.

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How do I get the network key to type when promted from laptop?

Im trying to connect my laptop to the netgear 614 wireless router and laptop sees the network I called it ,so I click to connect but I don’t know what network key to type

Answer by Offensive Technician
It’s whatever you set it up to be.

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How can I connect my laptop to my network?

When my mom lived with me we used a router to connect my computer to hers (because mine had wireless adapter on it) and it worked fine. My mom has since moved out and I have the router. My problem is I want to connect my laptop to the network, but it wants my security key which I can’t get since my mom’s computer is the “leader” and it is not connected to the network anymore.

Can I set up a new connection using the same router?

Answer by Gregory F
Yes as long as you have the installation disk for the modem, uninstall the modem then go through the install process and you may or not need to install the wireless.

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why does my mini laptop lose network connection in only 5 minutes every time?

ok so my mother brought an epc 7-inch mini laptop from ebay shipped from hong kong, at first the laptop wouldn’t connect to my router or network at all so i tried playing around with the settings a bit but nothing worked. then it started to connect by itself everytime i opened it but only for 5 minutes and then it kept on losing the connection, its really annoying and i don’t want my money to go to waste so please help!

Answer by Defender of Truth
Either the laptop itself is on its way out, or you need to update the driver/firmware for the network adapter on it.

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After making my wireless network secure, I now cannot get a laptop to connect to my secure network.?

On my desktop, the Network Authentication is WPA-PSK and the Data Encryption is TKIP. On the laptop the Network Auth is Open (only one other option Shared) and Data encryption is WEP (only one other option Disable). My desktop uses a Dell Wireless 1450 Wireless USB Adapter and the laptop uses Dell TrueMobile 1100 Series Wireless LAN Adapter.
What’s a Jumpdrive?

Answer by Pinky
if you’re using WPA-PSK, you have to change the settings on your laptop to the same settings, WPA-PSK from WEP. right click the connection->properties. or delete the connection and let it redetect it.

there’s a password for WPA-PSK. type it in your laptop when you change the type of authentication.

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Can you network a wireless laptop and a non-wireless desktop?

I have a wireless laptop and a desktop that does not have a wireless card. I need to stepup a wirless network for internet sharing. Is there anyway I can create a wireless network without installing a wirlesss card to the desktop?

Answer by linuxiac
Wifi base stations are also routers, and have at least two cat5e ports.

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Soldiers’ Angels to Donate Voice-Activated Laptop Computers to Help Local Wisconsin Wounded Service Members

Soldiers’ Angels to Donate Voice-Activated Laptop Computers to Help Local Wisconsin Wounded Service Members
MADISON, Wis., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Wisconsin Chapter of Soldiers’ Angels and its Valour IT Program announced today the presentation of two voice-activated laptop computers to assist local service members who have been injured while serving in the United States Military. This donation is made possible by a ,500 grant from the Gordon Flesch Charitable Foundation. Barb Anderson …
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Laptop security or network security: which is more important?

According to a 2007 study by the Ponemon Institute and Redemtech, 70% of data breaches result from the loss of “off-network” equipment. That is, equipment that’s not connected to the Internet. There are some other staggering numbers, but the point is that a huge percentage of data breaches are NOT “hackers” breaking into networks. They’re good old laptop thefts, basically. So which is more important to focus energies on (not that any aspect should be completely neglected): laptop security or network security?

Answer by Bill
Hello;

I think that given the statistics, laptop security is more important. My guess is that the reason the network security is more effective is because professionals are charged with keeping the network safe … the security of the laptop is left to the user.

Perhaps installing the Linux operating system on a laptop might make it more secure? The file systems are automatically password protected by the operating system.

Thanks for the info!

Bill

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How to change IP of laptop in a home network?

I have made a connection between my desktop and laptop via wifi. The desktop is connected to internet.I have shared internet from my desktop for the laptop and it works fine. The problem is that after every two or three days I am blocked by the ISP because of the IP address of the laptop on the network which is very different from the IP address ISP assigns. Please tell me a way of changing IP address of my laptop. Thanks in advance.

Answer by The Tech Guru
Yea go to control panel, then open up network connections and then right click your connection that is connected to the internet, and click properties. Then under the Generals tab click on Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and hit Properties. Then check the Use the Following IP address box, and type in the IP you want.

It will hae to be within range of your routers DHCP though.. so for more home routers it will have to be an ip like 192.168.1.1 through 192.168.1.50

so any ip between that should work for a normal home router on default settings..

GL =)

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can i network my laptop and desktop computers with a wireless router?

I’ve got a laptop with 802.11n wireless, a desktop with gigabit ethernet and a dsl-g604t wireless adsl router with 4 ethernet ports. Can i use file and printer sharing by connecting the router to the desktop by cable, and the laptop through wireless, or would i only get internet?

Answer by Starrysky
Yes, you can have file and printer sharing using a cable to the desktop, and wireless to the laptop, and Internet on both machines as well. That is what routers do so well.

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i am trying get my wireless laptop to print to the wired network printer?

I have made sure the printer on the host computer/printer are shared but to no afail

laptop is vista desktop is xp and the printer is lexmark x5270. I dowloaded the vista driver but no help

anyone have any suggestions? the network workgroup names are correct but I am thinking it is a port issue but who knows?

Answer by MKHCB .
You must connect to the same workgroup, and then set the defult printer you want to connect to as a shared printer. also allow access to this connection via firewall

–good luck

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New Citrix XenDesktop Release Extends Benefits of Desktop Virtualization to Millions of Laptop Users

New Citrix XenDesktop Release Extends Benefits of Desktop Virtualization to Millions of Laptop Users
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—-Citrix Systems today announced a new release of Citrix® XenDesktop™ that extends the benefits of desktop virtualization to millions of enterprise laptop users with the addition of two new technologies: Citrix XenClient™ and Citrix XenVault™.
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How can I connect my laptop to this network?

It is a Netopia 3546 router. I typed in the WEP key that is on the bottom of the router, but that is incorrect. I typed in all of the codes that are on the bottom of the router, but none of them work. The admin has forgotten the password to connect to ISP to recover the key. The other laptop asks for the network security key, but I cannot find it.

Answer by YaSaMiiiiiN
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