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Name: tennisboi
Date: December 6, 2005 at 15:23:08 Pacific
OS: XP Pro
CPU/Ram: 500mhz/512mb
Comment:

Hi,

i'm using a belkin f5d7230-4 belkin router and i need help to use it to connect to my brother's network to use the internet. he is the one with the internet access and my pc doesn't have a wireless card so i need to use the belkin to access his network and transfer the internet connection to my pc. I have had some help that pointed me in the direction of using the router as a "access point", but i still can't get it to work. By the way, please make the directions as simple as possible because i have little knowledge about computer networking.

thanks in advance for the help



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Response Number 1
Name: wanderer
Date: December 7, 2005 at 09:01:50 Pacific
Reply:

does your brother have a router?

If so look here for a diagram
http://kbserver.netgear.com/kb_web_files/N101236.asp

Golly gee wilerkers everyone. Learn to Internet Search


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Response Number 2
Name: plainandsimple
Date: December 7, 2005 at 09:02:05 Pacific
Reply:

A Router routes and is a transmitting device. Access Points are both receive and transmitting devices.

Why not just buy a Wireless Card ?


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Response Number 3
Name: plainandsimple
Date: December 7, 2005 at 09:04:58 Pacific
Reply:

The wifi part of the router transmits, just for clarification of above statement.


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Response Number 4
Name: wanderer
Date: December 7, 2005 at 10:36:35 Pacific
Reply:

which actually brings up the point of how is he going to use the belkin as a AP if he doesn't have a wireless card.

run a cable from your brothers router to your pc is your only solution.

if by chance you were thinking router to router wirelessly this is not a access point but a bridge and your equipement doesn't qualify for that purpose.

Golly gee wilerkers everyone. Learn to Internet Search


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Response Number 5
Name: plainandsimple
Date: December 7, 2005 at 12:17:22 Pacific
Reply:

http://www.solwise.co.uk/net-powerline.htm


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Response Number 6
Name: tennisboi
Date: December 7, 2005 at 14:12:48 Pacific
Reply:

yes, my brother does have a wireless router, but it is too far for me to wire the 2 routers together.


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Response Number 7
Name: tennisboi
Date: December 7, 2005 at 14:13:45 Pacific
Reply:

My f5d7230-4 actually has an option to be used as a bridge; so can I configure it to be a bridge and then connect my computer to my belkin via a network cable?


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Response Number 8
Name: tennisboi
Date: December 7, 2005 at 14:17:12 Pacific
Reply:

thanks for replying, by the way. You don't know how much trouble this is causing me.

To: plainandsimple

if i have a $70 piece of equipment, why not use it


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Response Number 9
Name: plainandsimple
Date: December 7, 2005 at 15:18:10 Pacific
Reply:

Wireless bridging works with the following models only:

F5D7230-4 54g Wireless Cable/DSL Gateway Router

The following firmware version must be installed on the AP and the Router for proper
operation:

F5D7230-4: Version 1.01.08 or higher


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