Wireless USB Adapter

[wan_amri]

My broadband Internet provider is Virgin Media. My laptop is Toshiba P10-804 (5 years old) that has wireless card built-in and supports b type wireless connection. The router is Netgear WGR614 54Mbps that suppors b and g types wireless connections.

It seems I can't access Internet with wireless router because my laptop keeps saying that it is not able to connect to the Internet even though I kept trying to set up wireless connection (follow step by step instruction from CD that comes with the router). Everytime I followed the set up CD about half way, it told me that my laptop wireless card is not supported. So now I give up with this.

However, is there anybody there who will know that if I use USB ethernet car adpater (whatever you call it ... lol) I would able to solve my problem and let me access Intertnet wirelessly with this laptop without having had to buy a new laptop?

Thanks.

[Ethel]

My router, a Linksys, can be set up on the router admin pages to connect b, g or b and g wireless.

Check yours is not set to g only. Check also the channel - Channel 11 should be the best.

[wan_amri]

How and where do I check it?

[Ethel]

You need to open your router admin page.

Try typing

192.168.1.1

in the address bar (not the search bar)

[ChuckFickens]

and login by either leaving the username blank and putting "admin" in the password.... or admin in both username and password

[wan_amri]

Hi Ethel and Chuck,

Thank you very much for your advice. After following your advice, I can get access to the Internet wirelessly even without using USB adapter.

However, I have to use "Wireless zero configuration" to manage my wireless connection. Otherwise I won't be able to connect to the my network.

Is there any other way so that I don't have to use this service to connect to my wireless network?

Thanks.