Set up wifi card prior to router?
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From: Bert Hyman on 6 Jan 2010 19:10 In news:049ak5t6tonukk85bs5uh84mgjkf67oq55(a)4ax.com Shadow <Sh(a)dow> wrote: > On 06 Jan 2010 19:53:33 GMT, Bert Hyman <bert(a)iphouse.com> wrote: > >>In news:58p9k5dsgulmdmtla7dbm91114ts7q5rcu(a)4ax.com Shadow <Sh(a)dow> >>wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 6 Jan 2010 08:46:43 -0800 (PST), species8350 >>><not_here.5.species8350(a)xoxy.net> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>Thank for responding. >>>> >>>>I wanted to set up the card prior to the arrival of the router just >>>>to get the task out of the way. >>>> >>>>But since I will need to redo the installation when I get the WPA >>>>key and the SSID, I may as well wait. >>> I used my card for 2 years before I set up the WPA and SSID. >>> Just go ahead and install it. >> >>If the OP's router is coming pre-configured with WPA, that's not >>particularly good advice. > > I don't follow. You didn't follow the thread, that's clear. > No PCI card comes with WPA pre-configured. Nor did you read my post. It's his ROUTER that's apparently coming pre-configured with the WPA key. Or at least that's the way I read his posts. > You configure it when the router arrives. Yes, that's the gist of the thread. > I have a laptop with a USB wireless dongle that I have to configure > for every place I go. I believe that is the norm. So far as I can tell, the OP is only interested in setting things up to talk to his own router. -- Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert(a)iphouse.com
From: Rick on 6 Jan 2010 19:27 Shadow wrote: > On 06 Jan 2010 19:53:33 GMT, Bert Hyman <bert(a)iphouse.com> wrote: > >> In news:58p9k5dsgulmdmtla7dbm91114ts7q5rcu(a)4ax.com Shadow <Sh(a)dow> >> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 6 Jan 2010 08:46:43 -0800 (PST), species8350 >>> <not_here.5.species8350(a)xoxy.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Thank for responding. >>>> >>>> I wanted to set up the card prior to the arrival of the router just to >>>> get the task out of the way. >>>> >>>> But since I will need to redo the installation when I get the WPA key >>>> and the SSID, I may as well wait. >>> I used my card for 2 years before I set up the WPA and SSID. >>> Just go ahead and install it. >> If the OP's router is coming pre-configured with WPA, that's not >> particularly good advice. > I don't follow. No PCI card comes with WPA pre-configured. You > configure it when the router arrives. I have a laptop with a USB > wireless dongle that I have to configure for every place I go. I > believe that is the norm. > []'s What if you use the computer someplace that has WI-FI that is not in your home? I think that you are narrowing the use if WI-FI> -- Rick Fargo, ND N 46�53'251" W 096�48'279" Remember the USS Liberty http://www.ussliberty.org/
From: species8350 on 6 Jan 2010 20:13 On Jan 7, 12:27 am, Rick <fholbr...(a)nospam.cableone.net> wrote: > Shadow wrote: > > On 06 Jan 2010 19:53:33 GMT, Bert Hyman <b...(a)iphouse.com> wrote: > > >> Innews:58p9k5dsgulmdmtla7dbm91114ts7q5rcu(a)4ax.comShadow <Sh(a)dow> > >> wrote: > > >>> On Wed, 6 Jan 2010 08:46:43 -0800 (PST), species8350 > >>> <not_here.5.species8...(a)xoxy.net> wrote: > > >>>> Thank for responding. > > >>>> I wanted to set up the card prior to the arrival of the router just to > >>>> get the task out of the way. > > >>>> But since I will need to redo the installation when I get the WPA key > >>>> and the SSID, I may as well wait. > >>> I used my card for 2 years before I set up the WPA and SSID. > >>> Just go ahead and install it. > >> If the OP's router is coming pre-configured with WPA, that's not > >> particularly good advice. > > I don't follow. No PCI card comes with WPA pre-configured. You > > configure it when the router arrives. I have a laptop with a USB > > wireless dongle that I have to configure for every place I go. I > > believe that is the norm. > > []'s > > What if you use the computer someplace that has WI-FI that is not in > your home? I think that you are narrowing the use if WI-FI> > > -- > > Rick > Fargo, ND > N 46°53'251" > W 096°48'279" > > Remember the USS Libertyhttp://www.ussliberty.org/- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Bert is right, I am only interested in talking to my own router - when it finally arrives.
From: seaweedsl on 7 Jan 2010 09:04 - Your wireless adapter card is simply a radio. You can buy a radio just to listen to one program or station if you want, but you can plug it in and test it anytime- no need to wait. -If you ever want accurate advice about using that specific device and it's antenna please provide the name and model of adapter. - When your router arrives, connect your pc by cable to it and go into the router's configuration using a web browser. It will come with instructions for doing this. From there, you can set up the router name and security password (for access to configuration) then the SSID (what name it broadcasts). For iinitial setup, leave wireless security off for the moment. Disconnect the ethernet cable and try to find the SSID by scanning with your installed wireless card for your SSID. Connect and verify that you can get to the router's configuration and also go online. Once you see that this works, turn on the router's wireless security and give it your own WPA key and make it 20 characters long (or more). Finally, attmept to connect again with the card and enter the same WPA key in your card's utiltiy. Verify that it works. - MAC address is useful for various things but you probably won't need it. MAC address filtering (done from the router) is not good for security. Ignore the address for now unless there is some specific reason you are asked for it. Steve
From: species8350 on 7 Jan 2010 12:26 On Jan 7, 2:04 pm, seaweedsl <seaweedst...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > - Your wireless adapter card is simply a radio. You can buy a radio > just to listen to one program or station if you want, but you can plug > it in and test it anytime- no need to wait. > > -If you ever want accurate advice about using that specific device and > it's antenna please provide the name and model of adapter. > > - When your router arrives, connect your pc by cable to it and go into > the router's configuration using a web browser. It will come with > instructions for doing this. From there, you can set up the router > name and security password (for access to configuration) then the > SSID (what name it broadcasts). > For iinitial setup, leave wireless security off for the moment. > > Disconnect the ethernet cable and try to find the SSID by scanning > with your installed wireless card for your SSID. Connect and verify > that you can get to the router's configuration and also go online. > > Once you see that this works, turn on the router's wireless security > and give it your own WPA key and make it 20 characters long (or > more). > > Finally, attmept to connect again with the card and enter the same WPA > key in your card's utiltiy. Verify that it works. > > - MAC address is useful for various things but you probably won't need > it. MAC address filtering (done from the router) is not good for > security. Ignore the address for now unless there is some specific > reason you are asked for it. > > Steve The router will be set up by someone else - the owner. I am only concerned with connecting my pc via a wifi card. I was surprised that you advised against MAC filtering at the router. It sounds like a good idea to me. I will simply give the number on the card to the chap who owns the router. This chap is reliable (a relative) and trustworthy to 100% (as near as I can calculate it). Thanks
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