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sean
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 05 11:37 am Post subject: Router question
What settings do I need to change on Mandy's laptop (running Windows XP) to get it to use the router? The router is up and running. The laptop has an ethernet connection and the router knows it's there. The router is a Netgear DG834, if that makes any odds.

tahir

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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 05 11:38 am Post subject:
Do you know the IP address of the router?

sean
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 05 11:39 am Post subject:
Maybe....

sean
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 05 11:39 am Post subject:
Maybe....

tahir

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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 05 11:41 am Post subject:
If you know the IP address you just need to put it into the correct location (gateway?) on your Network/TCPIP/Properties tab.

sean
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 05 11:48 am Post subject:
Got the Ip address, where's the tab?

tahir

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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 05 11:49 am Post subject:
Which version of Windows?

sean
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 05 11:52 am Post subject:
XP

tahir

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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 05 11:55 am Post subject:
I'll track down an XP machine...

sean
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 05 11:57 am Post subject:
This is making me so happy that I don't have to use Windows any more.

tahir

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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 05 12:15 pm Post subject:
Control Panel>Network & Internet Connections>Network Connections>LAN or High Speed Internet Connections>Right Click>Properties>Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)>Default Gateway I think default gateway is where you need to put the address of the router

sean
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 05 12:36 pm Post subject:
Thanks. I'm going to let Mandy do it. Life's too short.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 05 12:37 pm Post subject:
When I got my XP PC I just connected it to the router as if I was connecting to a network and it all worked.

tahir

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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 05 12:40 pm Post subject:
May well be as easy as that, have you tried it Sean?

sean
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 05 12:41 pm Post subject:
I've given up now. It doesn't seem to like me changing settings anyway. I probably don't have admin status on it.

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