Ntl WIFI???

Rain Man · 13 Feb 2006 at 19:18

Ok im trying to set up a wireless internet sharing network with two laptops and a belkin router/wifi. but its not working lol, im not sure if ntl only allows wifi through their own products or you have to pay more? im not sure

this is how im trying to do it...

will this work? do i need one computer contstantly WIRED to the internet? please help

benjo plz. · 13 Feb 2006 at 19:20

Should work fine. Does the Cable modem only act as a modem and not route?
You might need to do the power cycling thing, iirc you turn the modem on and let it connect, then turn the router on.

Rain Man · 13 Feb 2006 at 19:22

not tried that no. the cable modem has one ethernet out and one usb out. the router has ethernet in for the internet connection and 4 ethernet out

Rain Man · 13 Feb 2006 at 19:26

any other suggestions before i go accross the road and have another pop? its at my mates house

aaazza · 13 Feb 2006 at 19:43

See if you can ping the router from the PC's. And try plugging in a wired laptop or something to narrow down your problem to wireless or no internet connectivity.

EDIT: Also, as suggested, turn off cable modem for a minute and back on and let it resync when you have everything hooked up.

hth

aaazza

Burbleflop · 13 Feb 2006 at 19:54

Rain Man said:
belkin router/wifi

There is the problem. Any chance you can return the Belkin rubbish and get something better? Linksys WRT54GS would be a far, far better option.

derbyjake · 13 Feb 2006 at 20:00

burbleflop said:
There is the problem. Any chance you can return the Belkin rubbish and get something better? Linksys WRT54GS would be a far, far better option.

i doubt far far better lol

Burbleflop · 13 Feb 2006 at 20:01

derbyjake said:
i doubt far far better lol

I don't. Belkin stuff is crap, simple as that. The WRT54GS is a fantastic bit of kit especially if you whack on a 3rd party firmware.

benjo plz. · 13 Feb 2006 at 20:19

Belkins pretty poor tbh.

derbyjake · 13 Feb 2006 at 21:01

i agree its not great but neither is linksys

just_grass · 13 Feb 2006 at 22:04

nothing to do with any MAC registering of the new router with NTL??

just an idea.

Alex

benjo plz. · 13 Feb 2006 at 22:05

Afaik ntl don't do that anymore.

Rain Man · 14 Feb 2006 at 00:43

well i got it working by turning everything off and then back on again in sequence. everything worked and both laptops had wireless internet....for about 5 mins

the laptops both see the reciever and can show signal strength but will no longer go on the internet!! when i use a cat5 cable from the wifi straight to laptop it works fine. i cant have 2 duff cards can i?

cheers

just_grass · 14 Feb 2006 at 09:31

more likely a dodgy wireless setup/setting somewhere....

Werewolf · 14 Feb 2006 at 13:45

it's more likely the routers wireless side of things - if two seperate machines stop connecting over the wireles, but will still connect via wired (as it's very unlikely you'll get two duff cards).

Datamonkey · 14 Feb 2006 at 14:58

have you checked if you need to clone the mac address from the machine that was originally on the cable modem to the router?

i have found that with my ntl account if i am using a router i need to clone the mac address from the machine it was initally setup with. The net connection wouldnt work at all until i did this.

Was also told this by the ntl eng. who installed it originally.

just_grass · 14 Feb 2006 at 15:42

Datamonkey said:
have you checked if you need to clone the mac address from the machine that was originally on the cable modem to the router?

i have found that with my ntl account if i am using a router i need to clone the mac address from the machine it was initally setup with. The net connection wouldnt work at all until i did this.

Was also told this by the ntl eng. who installed it originally.

this is what I meant ^ above.......

Rain Man · 14 Feb 2006 at 15:42

im not entirely sure what a mac address is but when installing the router i had to connect it to the laptop via ethernet so it could transfer over the settings, so it said. is that what u mean?

cheers

tolien · 14 Feb 2006 at 15:54

just_grass said:
this is what I meant ^ above.......

Phnom_Penh said:
Afaik ntl don't do that anymore.

He's right, y'know. NTL don't require MAC address registration. Most that should be required is the power cycling thing (which Phnom_Penh mentioned, and which is in the FAQ).
Not that any of it matters if it works with a wire...

When the wireless cards are playing up, can you ping the router?
What do you get from start, run, cmd, ipconfig /all for them?