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Posted on Apr 07, 2009

Wrt310n adding wireless laptop

How can I add a wireless laptop to my already established home network? I have done this before and have completely forgot. I have tried going into the linksys advisory software and selecting add computer, but it will not let me select wireless computer. Can anyone help me remember?

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Hi,

If you are using windows xp :

Go to Start>control panel> Network and internet> network connections > right click on wireless network > select 'view available wireless networks' and select your home network and click connect. If it asks for a password i guess u have it or if u dont have then go to Internet Explorerand and type 192.168.1.1 in the address bar, it will ask for a username and a password, type admin as username and the same for password. it will take you to the lynksys page....then select wireless and click wireless security, it will show you the wireless password.......

If u have windows vista :

Click Start > go to 'connect to' > select the wireless network you want to connect to and the rest is the same as windows xp....


Hope this works out

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