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Home Network Woes
Cuba
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Using a router to establish a high-speed internet network at home is pretty easy, right? After all, you just plug the modem into the router, and then connect the router to your computers. I have done as much before, using just a generic linksys router.
My wife and I moved into our new house here at Fort Irwin, California, and just recently had our DSL connection setup through Verizon. I dusted off our linksys router and tried to connect our two computers (her desktop and my laptop) to the router. For whatever reason though, the computers were unable to connect to the internet through the router. I did the basic troubleshooting: I unplugged everything, reset the router and modem, etc. etc. Still, the computers could not connect to the internet through the router. If I connect the modem directly to a computer, it will get on the internet, but never with the router.
So I buy this bad boy: http://www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/products/WRT120N with the intention of setting up a WiFi network at home.
At first, everything works. Both computers and the PS3 see the network, connect to it, and get on the internet with it. The problems begin when I log into the router and enable WPA. After I enabled the WPA, nothing would connect to the internet. The devices would see the network, I would input the password, and then it wouldn't connect.
So giving up on the WiFi aspect of it all, I tried to use the router as just a regular router. Guess what happened?? Yeah, nothing. Yet again the computers are unable to connect to the internet while going through the router.
I'm frustrated, because I know that none of this should be that hard. But for whatever reason, nothing is working to get my home network established. So I turn to you, gents. Any ideas?
My wife and I moved into our new house here at Fort Irwin, California, and just recently had our DSL connection setup through Verizon. I dusted off our linksys router and tried to connect our two computers (her desktop and my laptop) to the router. For whatever reason though, the computers were unable to connect to the internet through the router. I did the basic troubleshooting: I unplugged everything, reset the router and modem, etc. etc. Still, the computers could not connect to the internet through the router. If I connect the modem directly to a computer, it will get on the internet, but never with the router.
So I buy this bad boy: http://www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/products/WRT120N with the intention of setting up a WiFi network at home.
At first, everything works. Both computers and the PS3 see the network, connect to it, and get on the internet with it. The problems begin when I log into the router and enable WPA. After I enabled the WPA, nothing would connect to the internet. The devices would see the network, I would input the password, and then it wouldn't connect.
So giving up on the WiFi aspect of it all, I tried to use the router as just a regular router. Guess what happened?? Yeah, nothing. Yet again the computers are unable to connect to the internet while going through the router.
I'm frustrated, because I know that none of this should be that hard. But for whatever reason, nothing is working to get my home network established. So I turn to you, gents. Any ideas?
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2nd thing is when you enable WPA make sure you've deleted the old connection settings on the computers before you try reconnecting. For some reason I've seen that cause connectivity issues.