We're trying to connect a windows vista laptop to a 3Com Officeconnect Router (Wireless 11g) but whenever it connects to the network (and can access the internet) the other computers on the network lose internet connection UNTIL the vista one disconnects. the other computers on the network are a windows 7 and a windows XP professional one. Please help!
What model is the 3Com OfficeConnect Router you are using. What wireless band are the other computers using ( A, B, G)?What model is the 3Com OfficeConnect Router you are using. What wireless band are the other computers using ( A, B, G)?
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Press reset button on the rear of the unit for 5 secconds, then by connecting your moden in to yor laptop go to the following web page: http://www.3com.com/products/en_US/detail.jsp?tab=support&sku=3CRWE454G72&pathtype=purchase and there you will find the software and manual for your AP (access point) the software will let you setup the device from scratch. the default password is admin. hope this helps.
1.
Control Panel, double-click Network
Connections.
2.
Click the PPPoE connection under the Broadband group that you
want to share, and then click Change settings of this
connection under Network Tasks.
3.
On the Advanced tab, click to select the Allow other network users to connect through this computer's
Internet connection check box.
4.
PPPoE connections behave in a similar way as do dial-up
networking (DUN) connections, and you may want the connection to be
automatically dialed when another computer on your network attempts to connect
to the Internet. To do this, click to select the Establish
a dial-up connection whenever a computer on my network attempts to access the
Internet check box.
5.
If you want to allow other network users to enable or disable the
shared Internet connection, click to select the Allow other
network users to control or disable the shared Internet connection
check box.
6.
Under Internet Connection Sharing, in Home networking connection, click the LAN (Local Area
Network) connection that connects the computer that is sharing its PPPoE
Internet connection to the other computers on your network.
What model is the 3Com OfficeConnect Router you are using. What wireless band are the other computers using ( A, B, G)?
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