If you've not got the little lighty up connected icon near the clock and want it, go to Control Panel> Network Connections. Find the network card in there (most likely called Local Area Connection 1 or something like that). Right click on it, choose Properties. Put a tick in "Show Status when connected" or whatever it's called, OK and exit that. You will now have the little lighty uppy iconMike Shipman wrote: I think Ive managed to install the Netgear router onto the family pc (well Im able to access the internet so must have..?) but whereas the BT modem had a little icon on the bottom rhs of the screen indicating the phone line was on and connected - I then had to click on my BT Yahoo icon to get online. With this netgrea router there doesnt seem to be anything to indicate that it is on and connected (except the lights on the router itself), I just click on my BT Yahoo icon and get online - is that normal...? does it mean that the computer is linked up all the time its switched on?... does this run up large phone bills?
The PC will be online as long as the network connection is enabled. You're on ADSL - It doen't cost per minute on the phone bill like dial up and the ADSL into your house is always on once it's set up at the exchange.
The Netgear has a packet inspection firewall. I've got a v1 wired version and have been running two PCs for quite a few months through it without using software firewalls on them - And no nasties have gotten through.They tried to down load the driver and said it was slow at first but did it eventually, they suggested I turn off my firewall (which I thought was dodgy but they siad no, just mnake sure you turn it back on when youve downloaded).
I've had problems with the Netgear site at times when trying to get downloads - It might be worth trying one of their sites in another country, or just Googling for the driver and getting it from a driver download site (if there's any good free ones left?) instead. Or not using a computer with Vista, which would be my choice... ;)Turned off firewall.,..tried to download - same problem - starts then just stops...
Oh, and I've had problems with a Pipex adsl on a cruddy BT line, sometimes takes several attempts to get a large driver download so if you find this happens on more than just the Netgear site it might be worth harrassing your adsl provider tech support (by email as it's free).
She's got a normal PC right? Get a long network cable and run it from the router to her PC, tucked under the skirting boards or whatever. Her machine must have a normal wired port as well surely, and as it came as part of the PC it ought to work with the operating system that it came with.Both my daughter and I are pretty fed up with this now - Im possibly doing something startlingly stupid but dont know it - any further suggestions?
Slow how?Just one other thing - the family pc seems really slow now...bit like when it was a dial up...
Slow internet, or slow computer? Slow internet - Log into the router and see what it's saying in the status pages. Slow computer, check you've not got utterly poleaxed software trying to access the net through a dial up and refusing to comprehend there isn't one any more!
If you've gone for an adsl max package the net could well be slow for a few days as it bounces around trying to work out how fast it can really go.
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