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Old 12-10-2007, 07:56 AM   #2 (permalink)
johnwill
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Re: Netgear wireless, trying to set up second laptop

First off, you don't need anything extra to connect additional machines. What you need is to access the router's web based configuration and assign a known encryption key, then use it with both of the wireless machines.

Also, if you use WEP encryption, you should ONLY use the HEX keys, not the passphrase option, which is interpreted incorrectly on some brands of hardware. I recommend WPA encryption unless the equipment doesn't support it.
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