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Wireless connection difficulties, one works, one doesn't
I have two laptops (conveniently one's black and white) the black one comes in to my office and connects wirelessly automatically every time I turn it on, but the white one won't connect, even though it can 'see' the full-strength signal. I put the password in and it fails to connect.
When I take them home, the exact opposite is true, ie the white one connects automatically, but the black one doesn't, even though it can see the full strength signal from the router, and is sitting next to it. It does say its connected, but its 'local only' so can't get online.
There's another PC upstairs that connects without a problem as well.
Any ideas?
When I take them home, the exact opposite is true, ie the white one connects automatically, but the black one doesn't, even though it can see the full strength signal from the router, and is sitting next to it. It does say its connected, but its 'local only' so can't get online.
There's another PC upstairs that connects without a problem as well.
Any ideas?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Change the settings on your Home router to WPA-2, set a new passkey, then configure both machines with the correct passkey.
You can probably access your router setting sy clicking here:
http://192.168.1.1
or here:
http://192.168.2.1
You will need to enter the username and password for access to the router settings.
You can probably access your router setting sy clicking here:
http://192.168.1.1
or here:
http://192.168.2.1
You will need to enter the username and password for access to the router settings.
Netgears tend to be http://192.168.0.1
At the moment, the settings are incompatible between your home and office networks. If you change the Black one so that it connects at home, it won't work at the office. If you change the white one so that it works at the office, it won't work at home.
So, you need to change the home network so that you can then have settings on both computers that are compatible with both office and home.
Older netgear routers had a password of 1234
So, you need to change the home network so that you can then have settings on both computers that are compatible with both office and home.
Older netgear routers had a password of 1234
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