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Wireless networking for absolute idiots.
Treebeardster
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So, as my title implies, I know hardly anything about setting up wirless networks. I'm trying to set up a computer, via usb wireless modem, to a network that has been previously been established in my new house. My powerbook is able to find a connection just fine, but this godforsaken usb modem wont find anything. Are there any vital steps or sources to finding a quick an easy resolution for this? Any midnight pointers?
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If it is not broadcasting, you need to enter the name of the network in manually.
If it is broadcasting, you should see it listed in the available wireless networks menu that comes up when your USB device tries to scan for available networks.
Is it possible that the USB wireless is A or B? You say it's old, so it is possible, as most modern routers are at least G with backwards compatibility to B only when activated via firmware setting. But most modern routers do not work with A-band devices nowadays.
The only other reason I can think of is that there is security set up on the router, either in the form of MAC address filtering (which would prevent the USB wireless from connecting, as it isn't on the MAC address allowed list) or WPA/WEP encryption (which is a fancy way of saying "password-protected.").