Hi Donk, What you told me to do just gets me connected to the internet. How does this create a network? Also, my modem is a 2wire. I was told it is a router/modem in one. Will this work?
Janice On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Donk <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > Ok, well I'll try to walk you through creating a network... it > shouldn't be too difficult with 2 Win7 computers. > First, are you sure you have a wireless router? You can't do wireless > without a wireless router - even if the computers support wireless. > What is you ISP? Did they give you the router (and or modem)? > > Boot up both PC's and look in the system tray (the very bottom right of > the screen). There'll be some little icons there. See if there's one > that looks like a series of little cell phone bars. You might have to > click the little down arrow and choose to "show all icons". If you > hover over the cell phone bars a pop up will say something like "Network > Connection". If you find this icon, click it one time and a window will > open up showing all the available wireless networks in range of your > computer. You just have to figure out which one is yours - usually it's > the one with the strongest signal. Double click your network and you'll > be asked for a key. The key is a series of letters and numbers that you > can get from looking at your router. It'll be written on the bottom or > back in small print. Input that number and you'll be connected. > > If you don't see the little cell phone bar icon in the system tray, > repost and we can try to find the available connections a different way. > > Good luck, > Donk > > > On 7/1/2011 9:28 PM, Janice D wrote: > > Hi Donk, > > > > 2 computers; one laptop and one netbook. > > > > They are both Windows 7. > > > > Both wireless. > > > > I'll wait for your instructions. > > > > Thank you > > Janice > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [email protected] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [email protected] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
