| Forum Home | ||||
| Press F1 | ||||
| Thread ID: 87224 | 2008-02-13 05:50:00 | Asus A6M wireless connection | arjay (1202) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 639916 | 2008-02-13 05:50:00 | I am trying to set up an Asus A6m Notebook wireless adsl connection, but I don't know what I am doing! The situation is a retirement village with adsl that supplies the whole block of apartments. Each apartment has its own adsl socket so no modem is needed. The lady just wants to be able to use the internet from the other side of the room. I have purchased a dlink DI-524 router but have no idea how to set up. Questions are:- do I need a usb wireless LAN adapter for this model notebook. Do I need to set up a LAN with only one computer in use. What is the procedure to set this thing up. Help Please!!! |
arjay (1202) | ||
| 639917 | 2008-02-13 05:57:00 | Questions are:- do I need a usb wireless LAN adapter for this model notebook. If this is what you've got (www.asus.com) Then no its got wireless onboard. But, then if there's only a socket, whats the point in having wireless?? Whats this socket look like? A phonejack? What? Or is it a socket for an ethernet cable? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 639918 | 2008-02-13 07:09:00 | That's the one Speedy, The socket is an adsl socket, rj45 I believe. The point of the wireless is so she can use her internet elsewhere in the apartment without trailing a wire!! It says that it is wireless capable but does that mean you don't need the usb LAN adapter? How do you set it all up?? |
arjay (1202) | ||
| 639919 | 2008-02-13 07:21:00 | Plug the ethernet cable into the wall and the other end into the network adapter on this notebook. The jack that looks like a phone jack on this notebook Then see if you can get on the internet The point of the socket on the wall is for the network card. on a PC or laptop. You dont need the USB LAN adapter. Thats what this is IEEE 802.11b/g or IEEE 802.11a/b/g <- wireless, on the site I posted |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 639920 | 2008-02-13 07:38:00 | That's the one Speedy, The socket is an adsl socket, rj45 I believe. The point of the wireless is so she can use her internet elsewhere in the apartment without trailing a wire!! It says that it is wireless capable but does that mean you don't need the usb LAN adapter? How do you set it all up?? The RJ45 port is an ethernet port, ADSL ports are RJ11, or a normal telephone port. If the laptop user wants to connect wirelessly, they will need to purchase a wireless access point, plugged into the RJ45 port and setup a secure wireless connection to the the laptop. |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 639921 | 2008-02-13 08:12:00 | I am not sure whether the wall socket is ethernet or adsl, but I do know that a computer can be plugged straight into it and get broadband without going through a modem. I think I can plug a wireless router into this wall socket, but what do I do to pick up the signal on this particular notebook (Asus A6M) |
arjay (1202) | ||
| 639922 | 2008-02-13 08:22:00 | As Sol said you'll have to have an access point somewhere for wireless. Plug the cable from the ethernet connection on the notebook to the socket on the wall. You dont need the wireless router, unless someone else is going to connect to you. Ask someone what the socket is, if they say its for ethernet you do the above. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 639923 | 2008-02-13 11:17:00 | arjay, on the back of the DI-524 there will be 1 rj45 marked input or something and 4 rj45s marked 1 2 3 4. connect an ethernet patch cable from the wall socket to the input and another patch cabe from any of the other 4 ports to the laptop. You need a wired connection to run the set up wizard to setup and configure the wireless net work which can then be removed so that you can use the wireless lan. Follow the instructions that came with the router. HTH |
jinja_thom (4306) | ||
| 1 | |||||