I've never encountered any problems I couldn't solve myself with desktops, but my new laptop is really frustrating me. I'm no networking pro, but I've somehow managed to set up and maintain a home LAN for filesharing and gaming purposes for the last few years. Here is what I would like to do:
1) Set up my new laptop (Centrino - PowerPro 5:6) to make use of the integrated Intel a/b/g 2200 wireless card to use my DLink DI-514 router in order to connect to the internet AND to connect to the wired LAN that is running off the same router.
2) Set up the NIC to connect to whatever LAN I connect it to with ye olde CAT5 cabling.
The problems:
1) I first set up the wireless card and surfed around a while. All is well. I was getting great signal from some random wireless network in the area. When I specified that I would like to connect to the wireless network that my DLink is running, the signal became very unstable. I assume this could be my router. I've heard from many a person that the DLink is a poor wireless router. The set-up of said router is a little odd to me too, having gotten used to a netgear that I used to use. Still, it worked, just poorly. The laptop was sitting 2 feet from the router. I could not use the wireless connection to browse the LAN computers.
2) I then used Win XP's "set up a home network" wizard to set up a home network. I rebooted. At this point, the wired network worked well (internet and LAN), but my wireless connection would not work at all. The Intel Pro/Wireless connection software didn't list any available networks. I couldn't even use the other network that had demonstrated such a strong signal before. Clicking around a bit, I was informed by Win XP that there was no TCP/IP enabled for the wireless connection. I cliked on the connections in the network connections folder and found that the only one that had options for TCP/IP enabling was the network bridge. It seemed that TCP/IP was enabled for ALL connections. I fiddled around to no avail, deleted the Intel software, reinstalled it, and cried.
3) Seeking vengeance, I deleted the network bridge. Oddly, the wireless connection is back and I can now surf the internet wirelessly (though still with varying degrees of connection speed to my own Dlink run network). I can use the internet and the LAN with a wired connection. I cannot access the LAN with the wireless connection.
The Questions:
1) What is the network bridge, exactly? I thought I knew what it did, but apparently I was mistaken, because it doesn't seem to be necessary for that which I thought it was necessary. Why did deleting it fix my problems without creating more? Will it not being there cause me a headache some day?
2) Is there any way to be able to use both the wireless network and the wired network to access both the internet and the wired LAN that the Dlink is running? Pleeeeeeeease explain to me how to do this.
3) Should I use the Intel software or just use that which WinXP comes with?
4) Do I need a new router?
Thanks!
1) Set up my new laptop (Centrino - PowerPro 5:6) to make use of the integrated Intel a/b/g 2200 wireless card to use my DLink DI-514 router in order to connect to the internet AND to connect to the wired LAN that is running off the same router.
2) Set up the NIC to connect to whatever LAN I connect it to with ye olde CAT5 cabling.
The problems:
1) I first set up the wireless card and surfed around a while. All is well. I was getting great signal from some random wireless network in the area. When I specified that I would like to connect to the wireless network that my DLink is running, the signal became very unstable. I assume this could be my router. I've heard from many a person that the DLink is a poor wireless router. The set-up of said router is a little odd to me too, having gotten used to a netgear that I used to use. Still, it worked, just poorly. The laptop was sitting 2 feet from the router. I could not use the wireless connection to browse the LAN computers.
2) I then used Win XP's "set up a home network" wizard to set up a home network. I rebooted. At this point, the wired network worked well (internet and LAN), but my wireless connection would not work at all. The Intel Pro/Wireless connection software didn't list any available networks. I couldn't even use the other network that had demonstrated such a strong signal before. Clicking around a bit, I was informed by Win XP that there was no TCP/IP enabled for the wireless connection. I cliked on the connections in the network connections folder and found that the only one that had options for TCP/IP enabling was the network bridge. It seemed that TCP/IP was enabled for ALL connections. I fiddled around to no avail, deleted the Intel software, reinstalled it, and cried.
3) Seeking vengeance, I deleted the network bridge. Oddly, the wireless connection is back and I can now surf the internet wirelessly (though still with varying degrees of connection speed to my own Dlink run network). I can use the internet and the LAN with a wired connection. I cannot access the LAN with the wireless connection.
The Questions:
1) What is the network bridge, exactly? I thought I knew what it did, but apparently I was mistaken, because it doesn't seem to be necessary for that which I thought it was necessary. Why did deleting it fix my problems without creating more? Will it not being there cause me a headache some day?
2) Is there any way to be able to use both the wireless network and the wired network to access both the internet and the wired LAN that the Dlink is running? Pleeeeeeeease explain to me how to do this.
3) Should I use the Intel software or just use that which WinXP comes with?
4) Do I need a new router?
Thanks!
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