[frenchpolish]

Please bear with me, and please help, I have wasted many hours already.

I had working a modem with cable onto old lap top. It had a WHITE cable going from back of modem into laptop and all worked fine.

I bought a new pc windows 7, wireless. I still want the old laptop to work on the cable modem.

I am a virgin media customer. I phoned up and they sent me a router d-link dir 615. Also a blue cable.

I have read many forums and know the cd is useless. I have connected with the blue cable to the router and set up my account, but when i pull out the blue cable, connection is gone.

sorry this is the embarrassing bit.

I have no idea. Do I connect the modem to the router? If so which cable in which slots? Will my old laptop still work via cable? what is the blue cable for?

I have no clue and am fed up.

thanks

 

[manic]

Re: Sorry, really basic help needed, wireless router

I will give this a shot. Not familiar with your original modem. Im guessing
that, the modem does not have wireless capability. They sent you a
router, Im guessing that, the router has wireless capability. So in order
to get the router to work you need to plug the blue cable into a ethernet
port on the original modem. The same type of port that your old laptop
plugs into. Then plug that cable into the router. That makes it active.
Then if you want to connect the laptops via cable to the internet you
plug them into the new router.
If your router is capable of wireless connectivity, and your laptops have
built in wireless capability you can connect them via wireless. To do
this you will need to find out what ssid your router is broadcasting. SSID
is just another name for your network. If you connect this way you want
to make sure that you try and connect to your network and not your
neighbors as you will be able to see all available networks in your area.
Its very confusing I know. I may have not explained it clearly enough, Im
sure someone else in this forum can explain it better.
Your provider should have done a better job at helping you. Imho.:sigh:

 

[frenchpolish]

Re: Sorry, really basic help needed, wireless router

Many thanks for your help and reply

I have managed to get it all working, and am now answering you from my new wireless connection :wink:

I agree I should have been given clearer instructions, but finally got it done now.

thanks again

 

[manic]

Re: Sorry, really basic help needed, wireless router

Great! good job!:grin: