Computer Learning

[lostcowboy]

Hi Ms Penny, that info was a big help. Here is the web page for your laptop. http://webshop.fujitsupc.com/fpc/Ecommerce/buildseriesbean.do?series=N5 very nice. Indeed it has built in wireless.

Here is your cable modems web page. http://www.terayon.com/tools/static_page/view.html?phase=show&id=1070438557&tool_id=100&...
They were not much help. They prefer to help the cable company, and not the end user. So you get to call your cable company if you need help.
Here is your cable company, http://www.adelphia.com/high_speed_internet/ They should have a support section on the web site, but they don't. Not to worry it justs means you get to call them if need be. But I don't think you will have to do so.

Here is your D link router web site. http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=6 It turns out that there are three different sub models http://www.dlink.com/products/support.asp?pid=6#manual I believe that you have the C version, with only one antenna the other two have two antennas. Find out which one is yours and click on the picture, that will take you to the manual. You should also have the manual on a CD I think.
I found this web page on setting up a Xbox game console, http://www.adelphia.com/high_speed_internet/xbox_gaming.cfm The first part is the same setup instructions as for the router. Turn off the cable modem, (pull the plug). Note this needs to be the same computer that the modem was set up on! Turn off the computer and unplug the Ethernet cable from the computer, connect the Ethernet cable to the WAN connection on the router apply power to the router, then power to the cable modem. The cable modem can take up to ten minutes to reset its self so be patient. Now connect another Ethernet cable from the LAN 1 connection on the router to the computer. Turn on the computer.
You got lucky, the cable modem on powering up sends all those number you were worrying about to the router. Now all we have to do is make sure the router is setup correctly.

The next thing your router manual has you do is start your web browser. Clear the address window and put in http://192.168.0.1 , and press enter. You should get a popup window, asking for your user name and password. Use admin as the user name and leave the password blank, click OK. You are now logged in to your router. Click run wizard. The first thing it has you do is put in a password, be sure to write it down some where, if you ever need to change setting you will need it. Next you set up your time zone. Now the wizard will try to detect your cable modem connection. It should take you to the Dynamic IP address screen. Click the clone mac address, and then next. This should take you to the wireless section to set it up. You need to not use the default set up . Make up a the SSID and change the channel from 6 to some other one. Write down the SSID and channel also select your encryption type. on the next screen you will set up you wireless security. Enable WEP and put a 10 digit hex number in the box, and write the number down. Hex is just a fancy computer number. here is a example 0123456789ABCDF. Where you see an A that means 10, B is 11, C is 12 D is 13, E is 14, and F is 15. That should complete setting the router up. Click next, reset, and close. Now close the web browser and restart it and see if you can get out on the internet. If that works you are now ready to setup the wireless on the other computer. Do the other computer first and then do this computer, that way you can still use the internet. You will need the SSID and channel, and the 10 digit hex number and encryption type, to set up the computer, on the computer, select the control panel and network connection, You want to create a new connection. The wizard should be able to guide you from here. If you get loss, just come back here, and one of the guys should be able to help. I have not done wireless, so I will let one of them help you from here.