<leonliev@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi everyboy, I could really use some help connecting my computer to my
> wireless home network. Let me first try and explain what I'm trying to
> do. Since my wireless router doesn't connect to the internet (a
> completely different problem altogether, but if anybody knows why my
> router does not connect to a DNS, but my computer does... Please help
> me with this too :) ), I got the idea to plug my internet connection
> directly into my (vista ultimate based) computer, and then use WLAN to
> share the connecttion wireless into the rest of my house. This should
> be possible as there is a sharing option that allows other users to
> connect to the internet through your computer under Vista. This way, I
> avoid DNS problems with my router and instead use it as an access
> point for my wireless devices.
>
> So far, so good (I'd think), but here is where the trouble starts. Now
> I have a notebook and a PDA that have innate WLAN functionality. After
> setting up my wireless router (most basic settings: everything
> automatic, simple (64-bit HEX) WEP key), I could connect to it with my
> notebook and PDA. For my desktop PC, I'm using a USB adapter, which is
> recognized by Vista immediately. Now for some reason, I cannot find my
> wireless network (or any other wireless network for that matter) with
> my desktop... And I have _no_ idea why my desktop cannot find any
> wireless networks, while my PDA and notebook can.
>
> So my question is:
>
> * How can it be that my notebook can find wireless networks that my
> desktop cannot find with a wireless USB adapter?
>
> And optionally, if you have any answers on the following issues, I'd
> appreciate it:
>
> * Is my set-up (WAN --> desktop --> wireless --> homenetwork) for
> sharing internet possible, or should I just use this wireless network
> to share files between computers and forget about internet-sharing
> altogether?
>
> * Does anybody know how it is possible that my computer does not
> connect to the internet through my router (cannot connect to a DNS),
> but CAN connect to the internet directly? I find this to be such a
> weird problem...
>
> A lot of questions, I'm sorry. Thanks in advance for your time!
>
> best regards,
> Leon

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