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karen lotz

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Oct 10, 2010 7:12 PM
hahahaha it only took you a month! Have you rebooted your laptop? And is wireless enabled on it?
Oct 10, 2010 7:12pm
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jordo212000

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Oct 10, 2010 8:27 PM
hahahaha it only took you a month! Have you rebooted your laptop? And is wireless enabled on it?
Yeah my laptop had been up in my room for a long time. It hadn't been on in a month or so. But yeah it does have wireless I used it down at school
Oct 10, 2010 8:27pm
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jordo212000

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Oct 10, 2010 9:55 PM
Ok, got it so that my computer recognizes my network in the wireless connections box, but now when I try to connect to it, it acts like it is going to for a long time before it finally comes up and says "wireless connection waiting for network" and doesn't connect
Oct 10, 2010 9:55pm
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karen lotz

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Oct 10, 2010 9:59 PM
and you have entered the wireless password on the laptop? Where is the router in relation to the laptop?
Oct 10, 2010 9:59pm
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jordo212000

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Oct 10, 2010 10:01 PM
karen lotz;515508 wrote:and you have entered the wireless password on the laptop? Where is the router in relation to the laptop?

It is just in the other room. It says connection is "excellent" however once I try and put my WEP code it acts like it is going to connect and then nothing happens
Oct 10, 2010 10:01pm
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karen lotz

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Oct 10, 2010 10:21 PM
hmmm I would shut down laptop, unplug power from router, wait a minute, plug it back in and then restart laptop. See if that resets it. Sometimes I'll lose wireless connection to either laptop or PS3 and all I have to do is reset the router.
Oct 10, 2010 10:21pm
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jordo212000

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Oct 10, 2010 10:43 PM
Man it was a battle, but I finally got it. Thanks for your help!
Oct 10, 2010 10:43pm
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karen lotz

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Oct 10, 2010 11:02 PM
Nice, no problem at all.
Oct 10, 2010 11:02pm
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hoops23

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Oct 11, 2010 2:24 AM
I just bought a new router the other day.. They really made it so a monkey could do it now.

All I had to do was pop in the CD and plug in the router and everything else was done automatically.
Oct 11, 2010 2:24am
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jordo212000

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Oct 11, 2010 12:22 PM
hoops23;515809 wrote:I just bought a new router the other day.. They really made it so a monkey could do it now.

All I had to do was pop in the CD and plug in the router and everything else was done automatically.

Yeah it was very easy. My laptop however, wasn't cooperating.
Oct 11, 2010 12:22pm
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MontyBrunswick

Oct 12, 2010 10:03 AM
se-alum;484792 wrote:One thing you might want to do is to copy the MAC address of your PC to your router. I had a problem with my ISP halting service because it didn't recognize the MAC address of the router.

FWIW: You have to reset the cable modem/router/computers when you introduce new hardware to the cable modem.

That's why they "halted" your service.
Oct 12, 2010 10:03am
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bo shemmy3337

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Oct 12, 2010 11:35 AM
I have had issues with Cisco products and Windows Vista before (Vista sucks ass) Other than that very easy to do. The only thing is, Wireless is not the way to go for gaming IMO.
Oct 12, 2010 11:35am
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Oct 12, 2010 12:39 PM
bo shemmy3337;517275 wrote:I have had issues with Cisco products and Windows Vista before (Vista sucks ass) Other than that very easy to do. The only thing is, Wireless is not the way to go for gaming IMO.

If I was still in college, that might have bothered me, but I hardly ever get a chance to play anymore
Oct 12, 2010 12:39pm
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bo shemmy3337

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Oct 12, 2010 11:11 PM
jordo212000;517326 wrote:If I was still in college, that might have bothered me, but I hardly ever get a chance to play anymore

Hardly playing and having it never work is completely different lol. you got to have very high upload speed and download speed if your going to play wireless. go to testmyspeed.net so see where your at.
Oct 12, 2010 11:11pm
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MontyBrunswick

Oct 12, 2010 11:41 PM
bo shemmy3337;517956 wrote:Hardly playing and having it never work is completely different lol. you got to have very high upload speed and download speed if your going to play wireless. go to testmyspeed.net so see where your at.

Very high? No.

Most home connections will suffice.
Oct 12, 2010 11:41pm
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Oct 13, 2010 12:10 AM
bo shemmy3337;517275 wrote:I have had issues with Cisco products and Windows Vista before (Vista sucks ass) Other than that very easy to do. The only thing is, Wireless is not the way to go for gaming IMO.
Wireless is perfectly fine for gaming as long as you have your shit set up right.

Even basic routers have speeds of 54mbps which is much faster than any of our internet speeds and certainly plenty to play an online game lag free. The problem in the majority of cases where people have trouble with games on wifi is either the settings (open ports,DMZs, etc) not being correct or their internet service itself not being that fast.
Oct 13, 2010 12:10am