HELP!! Puter gurus!!!!!!

SeaMasterZ@aol.com · Dec 14, 2003

The daughters puter is running Windows ME, and her dad put a 160 GB hard drive in the machine now, the puter fires up fine, BUT it wont hook up to the internet - and apparently the only thing he did was change the drives over, same OS (he came back a month ago, but couldnt make it work - hes in Maine, we near philly, I think the went to maine just to run away, lol) he sent a new Linksys USB wireless link, however, now that its installed (the old one seemed fine tho) it STILL has the same problem, cant hook to the internet. it SHOWS that the link has good link, hook is solid, but it cant get that active signal into the works itself, cant get the browsers to hook up, very frustrating to have signal in the puter but cant be used Since she is constantly on moms puter, this creates a bit of a conflict, lol, and now she is ducking the ex daddy calls cause the thing isnt working. The apparently RAGHEADED support crew at Linksys is of no help, not know what matter, please good bye

so ... can any of you puter gurus out there take a stab at a walk thru on this one? Ill happy call you, dont care where in the country ya are, lol, at the next Iboats get together the beer is on me! (and santa is bringing a SeaChest, lol)

mattttt25 · Dec 14, 2003

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ray, are you trying to connect wireless?

eurolarva · Dec 14, 2003

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If you are running wireless you need to access the router settings. This is done over the internet that the router is connected to (This is done by typing the IP number from you manual into the address box on your internet explorer). You need to make sure that the WEP encryption is disabled and that the wireless beacon is active. After you verify you are getting the internet you will need to enable the WEP encryption with some sort of password. When wep is not working you will see on the adaptor on your me system that you have sucsesfully connected to the access point but not the internet. If the me computer is hardwired via an eithenet card your problem lies elsewhere. good luck

eurolarva · Dec 14, 2003

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I just looked up the IP address. Type 192.168.1.1 in the address area in internet explorer(do this with the computer you have internet access on) Hopefully the step dad did not change the password. If not it should be admin. Go though the different areas here and see if you can find something wrong. The main things you need to do is disable WEP, make sure you have the wireless beacon enabled and that the router channel and the adaptor on the ME computer are both the same. I believe the default is channel 6

roscoe · Dec 14, 2003

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and apparently the only thing he did was change the drives over, same OS

And should have re-installed all the current drivers and software, and configured Win to the hardware. Chances are he forgot/missed something. Why not start over, reformat and install fresh. Eliminate any forgotten step(s) along the way. A full discription of the hardware may help someone.

SeaMasterZ@aol.com · Dec 14, 2003

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I tried every trick, no dice its on infrastructure mode, it SAYS it has excellent strength and quality, frustrating

and it worked FINE with the old hard drive, ever since this new thing went in, nada he is a nice guy, but a total f**k up, lol, and hes making me look BAD, now the daughter says Im a f**k uo too, SHEESH, I guess Ill bring my kid brother over, usually if he sees how something is he can fix it - however, he is typically disinclined to do anything for me, he usually wouldnt even **** on me if I was on fire! such is the way of life on Planet Dysfunctia

jsfinn · Dec 14, 2003

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Ray, America is for everyone. Don't call people "raghead". Even though the tech support couldn't help you, they are just trying to keep a job to feed their family - just like you.

SeaMasterZ@aol.com · Dec 14, 2003

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then they can wear a HAT like everyone else, stinkin RAGHEADS should have one end tied to a TRAIN and let it be used as a pull start! AND LEARN THEIR JOBS!!!!! AND HOW TO SPEAK!!! fer christ sakes, they can barely handle pumpin camels ... I mean gas, lol

Ralph 123 · Dec 14, 2003

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Hey Ray, If the computer sees the device and it appears to be working, and the internet settings are correct on her computer try this: Power down the cable modem. Power down the wireless router. Power down all the computers Power up the cable modem and wait till all the connection lights light. Then, Power up the wireless router The power up the computers and give it a try All this assumes you used the installation disk that come with the wireless router to add her computer to the network. If you did not do that, try that first. If you don't have it, you can probably download it from the Mfgs web site

Xcusme · Dec 14, 2003

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Ray, What model of the "Linksys USB wireless link" do you have?? I'd be happy to walk you thru the setup of your system. If you do have a router...it's easier if it's setup for DHCP (default setting) and be sure your TCP/IP settings under Network Settings in ME are set for "Obtain an IP Address Automatically" and "Obtain DNS server address Automatically" under the TCP/IP section...

mattttt25 · Dec 15, 2003

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ray- another bit of advice. i just got a new linksys router as well. was working great, i messed with the cable modem, stopped working. same frustration with linksys tech people, as well as comcast's and gateway's. then i found my problem- i simply had to push an enable button on my computer to activate the wireless chip. never knew the button existed. i felt really dumb at that point, but the system started working fine.

SeaMasterZ@aol.com · Dec 15, 2003

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I guess that Ill have to figure out how to reformat the drive, he must have left something out I dont know how to do it, but Ill learn!

SeaMasterZ@aol.com · Dec 15, 2003

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the thing is, these devices are pure plug n play, fire it up and it configs to the system ive hit every auto config and enable button, its in the appropriate mode, and ... eh, well, the ex wasnt the brightest penny in the bank, lol guy goes to Maine, has his dream house built, and leaves out central air cause "its Maine" ... and last summer, hes complaining cause "ITS SO HOT!" DUH!

mattttt25 · Dec 15, 2003

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ray, not to harp and it's probably not the answer, but just make sure you don't have an enable button you have to physically "push". with computers these days, we think every on/off switch is done with a mouse. in my case, it turned out my 1 year old had hit this button i never knew existed. the button, which i found out later, is to physically disable the wireless chip, and is used for when you're on a plane and don't want to screw up their coms (the computer is always looking to connect to something). good luck-

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