Re: DI-524 and Cantenna - starting over ...

Simply put:

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-

"John Navas" <spamfilter0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm confused. Please start over, and be very specific.

In <JU3Lf.3$vC4.1@clgrps12> on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:33:45 GMT, "-RS-"
<jf_reneX@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

That's the point I needed clarified, I guess ...
Either that or someone to explain how the wireless router (DI-524) can
dish-out a signal ... containing webpages and data that is on the desktop
... and receive back data from the laptop ... wirelessly ... yet the
desktop
cannot see any other wireless devices / networks ... except my laptop ??
Why
is that ? At the same time the laptop is aware of other wireless networks
in
the area.

-RS-

"John Navas" <spamfilter0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You need a wireless adapter on any computer that you want to connect
wirelessly to your wireless router. Some computers come with built-in
wireless adapters; otherwise you'll have to add one.

In <cV1Lf.7462$Nr5.6234@clgrps13> on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 18:17:44 GMT,
"-RBS-"
<jf_reneX@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 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
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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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