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18 October 2009, 02:26 PM
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Wireless connection for dummies
At the moment I have the router supplied by my ISP connected to my PC, all plugged in and sitting in a corner of the dining room. I would like to have a teeny tiny netbook type machine in the next room, with some speakers, so that I can sit in there and listen to downloads from services like Spotify etc.
My idiot's question is, how do I do this? The router I have was supplied by Tiscali: it says it's a Siemens Gigaset S587 WLAN dsl. What equipment do I need to get a wireless connection on the netbook?
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18 October 2009, 02:29 PM
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You should have wireless already. Turn on the wireless on the netbook and it should be fine. I'd pick a new channel on the router, for reasons of traffic, and use a WPA key of some kind. A simple passphrase is usually enough.
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18 October 2009, 02:47 PM
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You don't need any additional equipment, but what operating system is your netbook running?
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18 October 2009, 04:05 PM
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Here is the instructions for your particular router, it explains what the default settings should be (PDF File):
http://j.mp/19mJrr It's instructions for the laptop side of things are a bit poor though. What netbook do you have?
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