Hi Isaac, I'm not the best person to be asking about networks as I'm still learning, but along with your computer you would need a router of some sort in order to set up a second machine including a braillenote.
Routers are relatively inexpensive depending on what you get and how many connections you want to make. In the case of the braillenote or pk you will also need a network card, either wireless or ethernet wired card which would connect to the network via a cable. For connecting to the internet, you might want dsl or cable, but with the correct router you should also be able to use dialup. Maybe someone more experienced in network setup options can jump in here and provide more and better information. Finally, if you do want to set up some sort of home network, you will need a network card on your pc as well. It's not actually as complicated as it may sound, but it does take some advanced planning and it's best to get help from someone knowledgable about networks when you're getting starteed. Don On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:54:51 -0500 (EST), Isaac Obie wrote: Hello don, what do I need to setup a network at home? I've got a windows xp machine with jaws 6.0 pro and that's all I've got. no cable. Do I need cable to setup a network? I know nothing at all about networks. thanks Isaac On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, Don Bishop wrote: > Hi Sandy, > > First of all, you need to know what type or types of security may be active > on your router. > > The braillenote does support security, but your router may be set to accept > a higher security level. For example, my router supports 802.1 g (think I > have that correct), while the braillenote supports 802.1 b I believe. But > routers are > backward compativle as I understand it. > > Currently, I have wep turned off on my router as I'm far enough away from > detection sources that it really isn't a problem. So, I just searched for > the wireless > connection and was able to connect without making any changes to settings. > > Obviously, there are only some situations where you would want to do this, > but if you can, it might be worth turning off security on your router > temporarily just > to see if you can connect. If you're in an appartment, you may not want to > do this though. > > You mentioned that your network is detected. Can you connect to the network > itself? Once you have set up a configuration, go into the options menu, > connectivity, wireless, (make sure that wireless card is inserted and active > set to yes, and then see if you can connect to the network. > > You should see a prompt saying something like "connecting please wait" and > after several seconds you should see the prompt "connected". > > If you don't get that, it probably is that your bn isn't set up correctly to > match the security you have set on your router. > > Hope this makes some sense, and at least will help in identifying where the > problem lies. > > Don > > On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 22:39:01 -0000, Sandy Bannister wrote: > > I have just got my Wi-Fi card from Humanware and am trying to connect to my > home network. The BN can detect the network but I can't get online. I have > completed what I believe to be the WEP Key - a ten-digit number - but think > (from reading the manual) that I may also need to add a Security Level code? > I haven't a clue what this might be or where I might find it. Then again, I > could be barking up the wrong tree entirely. > > Any suggestions gratefully received. > > Sandy Bannister > > > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
