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| Brandon DeCoppel |
Aug 05, 2008, 11:12pm EDT |
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http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/setup/adhoc.mspx
I tried to use this method because I already had a USB Wireless Adapter from my OLD D-Link (which broke) but I cannot get it to recognize it as a wireless connection, only as an adapter.
Is it because the adapter I have is specifically for receiving a D-link signal or is there some setting I don't know about?
I really wanted to keep this setup ULTRA cheap, and really would have rather had a wired connection for my PS3 for a stronger signal.
Thanks in advance!
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| Joshua Marius |
Aug 06, 2008, 10:03am EDT |
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>> Re: Help me setup my network.
I believe it would be way easier to just get a cheap wireless router. With a wireless router computers or console games are not dependent on another computer to be on all the time to share the internet connection.
What is the model on the D-Link adapter?
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| Brandon DeCoppel |
Aug 06, 2008, 10:53am EDT |
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>> Re: Help me setup my network.
Joshua Marius said:
I believe it would be way easier to just get a cheap wireless router. With a wireless router computers or console games are not dependent on another computer to be on all the time to share the internet connection.
What is the model on the D-Link adapter?
D-Link AirPlus XtremeG DWL-G122
Afaik a cheap wireless router is going to cause my PS3 to disconnect, do switches work as routers?
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| Brandon DeCoppel |
Aug 07, 2008, 12:15pm EDT |
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Edited: Aug 07, 2008, 12:15pm EDT |
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>> Re: Help me setup my network.
Bump, does anyone know if I could just use a switch to hook up my PC and PS3 to the NET
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| ~Vel |
Aug 07, 2008, 02:04pm EDT |
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>> Re: Help me setup my network.
Yes but you'll need a firewall for your computer if you don't already have one.
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Aug 07, 2008, 02:07pm EDT |
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>> Re: Help me setup my network.
If you hook a switch with no DHCP server up to your broadband modem (assuming your modem doesn't have a local DHCP server for multiple LAN IPs), then both your PC and your PS3 will be trying to get their own IP from your ISP. Which won't work unless you're paying for an extra IP.
A router is a much easier solution in this case.
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| Brandon DeCoppel |
Aug 07, 2008, 02:21pm EDT |
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>> Re: Help me setup my network.
McFly said: If you hook a switch with no DHCP server up to your broadband modem (assuming your modem doesn't have a local DHCP server for multiple LAN IPs), then both your PC and your PS3 will be trying to get their own IP from your ISP. Which won't work unless you're paying for an extra IP.
A router is a much easier solution in this case.
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I need a cheap/easy solution to this problem.
Canadacomputers.com is where I plan on buying my router, but I don't need wireless 
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