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stonie

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im trying to tune my pc upstairs via a micronet lan USB adapter, on the bottom right hand of the screen its telling me that im tuned in ok but it wont connect to the internet due to the fact that its telling that my ip address in incorrect,how do i rectify this as my pc downstairs is working fine with my netgear adapter.
 
Wheelsy OSC Sydney said:
Do you need to know your IP? Do they both connect with the same IP?

Because I can track that for you.
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i dont know if they both connect with the same i p address(i think they would),is it because we have inherrited the second pc??the software tried to update the second pc's i p address but nothing came of it...
 
Am I right in guessing you're trying to connect it to a wireless router?

If so I'd hazard a guess you should set up the usb device to get an ip address automatically (the router will assign the address). How to acheive this varies though as some usb wireless devices have their own settings software and others allow windows to handle it, I have no idea which method micronet uses.
 
Stonie, are you running XP on the laptop? If so, click start and then run, type 'cmd' into the open box and click ok. This will bring up a black box. In there, type in 'ipconfig /all', it should give you the address of the Wireless LAN adapter, and also the default gateway which is your router. You don't want any I.P's being the same as that will cause a conflict and knock one device off the network. So what i suggest is write down your default gateway from here (usually 192.168.0.1 / 10.0.0.1).

Then go into Start > Control Panel > Network Connections. You should see a Local Area Connection that relates to the wireless lan adapter if its been installed correctly. Right click this icon and left click properties. Then you need to left click 'Internet Protocol (TCP/I.P)' and left click 'Properties'. In here, change the bullet point to 'Use the following address'. Put your I.P in very similar to the gateway you written down before but change the last set of numbers (i.e. 192.168.0.100). For subnet mask put '255.255.255.0' and for default gateway type in the default gateway number you written down before. Click 'Ok' and then restart the laptop, then try to browse the web when it comes on again.

If this does not work, undo the settings above and will have to try something else. Sorry that it's very technical what i've put, any problems pm me.
 
mancmackem said:
Stonie, are you running XP on the laptop? If so, click start and then run, type 'cmd' into the open box and click ok. This will bring up a black box. In there, type in 'ipconfig /all', it should give you the address of the Wireless LAN adapter, and also the default gateway which is your router. You don't want any I.P's being the same as that will cause a conflict and knock one device off the network. So what i suggest is write down your default gateway from here (usually 192.168.0.1 / 10.0.0.1).

Then go into Start > Control Panel > Network Connections. You should see a Local Area Connection that relates to the wireless lan adapter if its been installed correctly. Right click this icon and left click properties. Then you need to left click 'Internet Protocol (TCP/I.P)' and left click 'Properties'. In here, change the bullet point to 'Use the following address'. Put your I.P in very similar to the gateway you written down before but change the last set of numbers (i.e. 192.168.0.100). For subnet mask put '255.255.255.0' and for default gateway type in the default gateway number you written down before. Click 'Ok' and then restart the laptop, then try to browse the web when it comes on again.

If this does not work, undo the settings above and will have to try something else. Sorry that it's very technical what i've put, any problems pm me.
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cheers mat it isn't a lap top its a pc but will try this anyway and get back to you,I'm not much good as in knowing what all the terminolligy is but will give it a bash
 
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