Re: DI-524 and Cantenna

No, not joking ... sadly :-)

Just not good at explaining the problem. Here is what I just wrote to
clarify it ... hopefully:

I have a desktop computer and a Wirless router (D-Link DI-524).

Recently I bought a Cantenna (http://www.cantenna.com/).

Can I use the combination (desktop PC, DI-524, Cantenna) to connect to
unsecured wireless networks in my area ?

Thanks,

-RS-



"Dave" <Tech001902949@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You ARE joking I presume?!

-RBS- wrote:
Is that the crux of my problem? Do I need a wireless adapter of some sort
... as well as the wireless router? Is it the case that the wireless
router cannot act as a wireless adapter ? The list of comaptible divices
that comes with the Cantenna includes the DI-524 ...

-RS-



"John Navas" <spamfilter0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm talking about the wireless adapter on the PC, not the wireless
router.

In <Xb1Lf.7452$Nr5.7251@clgrps13> on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:29:27 GMT, "RS"
<jf_reneX@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks.
But it does't appear there. It's just a router ... why would it appear
in
Device Manager ?


"John Navas" <spamfilter0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Can you see the wireless adapter in Device Manager? Try uninstalling
and
then
reinstalling.

In <HG0Lf.7444$Nr5.514@clgrps13> on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:53:59 GMT,
"RS"
<jf_reneX@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Under Control Panel / Network Connections, there is just an icon for
my
dial-up connection and my LAN or High Speed connection ... nothing
about
a
wireless connection here.

-RS-



"John Navas" <spamfilter0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Check Control Panel -> Network Connections

In <NH%Kf.9303$Y22.6064@clgrps12> on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:46:53 GMT,
"RS"
<jf_reneX@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

That's the problem ... no such icon on my desktop PC's systray.

I know where it is on my laptop's systray, but my problem is with
my
desktop
PC (connected by the LAN cable to the DI-524). How do I make the
desktop
PC
aware that it (theoretically ... at this point) has wireless
capability
via
the DI-524 ? It's like the desktop is missing some program (that
the
laptop
has), that generates that Available Networks icon.

-RS-

"compac" <rhys@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1140598097.428995.95260@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Click your PC's wireless Icon in the icon tray, choose View
available
networks/Change advanced settings. Click the wireless Networks tab
and
Add a Preferred Network Also choose appropriate settings in
Advanced.
"RS" <jf_reneX@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote in message
news:g3TKf.3509$Nr5.2606@xxxxxxxxxxx

I use the D-Link as a broadband router for my home network (3
desktop
PCs)
... and to occasionally (wirelessly) connect my laptop to my home
network.
Recently I bought a Cantenna ... and I would like to play with it
to
see
what sort of signals my desktop PC(s) can get from my 10th floor
location
downtown.

Question: the computers on my home network are not aware of any
wireless
signals. How do I configure WinXP and/or my DI-524 so that my
home
network
"sees" other wireless signals ... the way my laptop can ?

I have googled the question but not come up with any specific
answer
...
either on D-Link's site, the Cantenna site, or anywhere.

Thanks for any help !

-RS-


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