Your access point also acts as a router, as it has a builtin dhcp server which can supply you with private ip address ranges. Is the dhcp server part of that AP turned on? Connect your Desktop PC to the access point as well, a lot of ISP providers only give you one client connection 1 ip address , so if your desktop is connected to the inet your laptop won't be able to connect.
The routing function of your AP will be able to connect more pc's to the inet. When you open your control panel and enter start "system", then have a look at your hardware, is everything OK no yellow exclamation marks, etc? Can you see your wlan interface? Have you also inspected the case of your notebook? Some have a small slider or switch with which you can turn Wireless adpaters on or off, and this switch is usually difficult to find!
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Related Articles. Method 1. Note that if buying a router, all routers are compatible with Windows XP. It is wireless adapters that have varying levels of Windows XP compatibility.
If your router isn't new, then turn it on and skip to "Detecting your wireless adapter" below. Plug your router into your internet socket if you want to share your internet. Enter your username and password from your router often "admin" and "admin" then your internet service provider. Method 2. Your wireless adapter should be detected automatically by Windows XP. Method 3. If your connection appears in the Wireless Connection Manager then connect to it, otherwise run the wizard.
The New Connection Wizard will appear then Next. Step 5 On the Internet Connection page, choose Connect using a broadband connection that requires a user name and password then Next. Step 8 Ok, what is needed to access the Internet has configured.
If you would like to connect the Internet quickly each time, select Add a shortcut to this connection to my desktop. Then click Finish, it will save the configuration automatically. Step 9 After saving the configuration, the connection to the Internet will appear.
Check the User name and Password , if they are right, click Connect then you will access the Internet. Subscribe TP-Link takes your privacy seriously. You forgot to identify the wireless adapter. When you installed the adapter, you installed a configuration utility provided by the manufacturer of that adapter. This is quite common. The issue is that a wireless adapter may be controlled managed by either Windows or the manufacturer's utility -- not both at the same time.
There likely are 2 different icons in the notification area of the new PC at the end of the Task Bar next to the time display that relate to the wireless adapter. You've been clicking on the icon that goes to the built-in Windows utility or getting to the Windows utility another way. You need to get to the other utility -- either to turn it off so that you can use Windows to manage the adapter or to configure the adapter to connect to your router. To help you do that, I need to know the make and model of the new adapter.
Your Huawei Echolife HG router is capable of setting up a wifi network in several modes and with different types of encryption. Are you currently using the wifi capability of the router or is your other computer connected to the router using an Ethernet cable? There should be a "WLAN" light on the router. If that light is on or blinking, the wireless mode of the router has been enabled.
If you haven't already configured the wifi settings on the router, you'll have to do that as part of setting up the wifi connection for the new computer.
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