jackel

new problem came up. yestuday i installed a wireless network for a friend. we used linksys hardware. now his wired PC has multiple accounts so we ran the setup CD on his account. which connected it to the net but now when we goto other accounts it doesnt connect the the net. as if they havent been setup. any ideas? heard about this before?
thanks for the help.

Acid

Geese, I was just over a friends house and we installed a netgear wireless card. Ok, so you set up a completely new wireless network? I believe that you have to run the setup cd on the admin account, but i wouldn't know why. Did the software get installed on all accounts? Did you save the account profile (if it will let you)?

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jackel

here is how the network works

--> incoming DSL --> modem -> linksys wirless G router w/speed booster. ->

from there it goes to his desktop right next to the router via a cat5
and then it broadcasts wirelessly to his basement computer where it picks it up.

yes, it was brand new. he used to have only 1 PC which was directly connected to the modem
--> incoming DSL --> modem -> computer

we only installed on his account and his account has i-net access. we'll see if installing on his admin account works. that was my first idea. im not really sure what else would do it. save the profile? uhm, i not exactly sure. i know we saved something i dont know if it was the profile.

Acid

Mabey the order of the routers would make a diffrence.

-->incoming DSL --> modem --> computer1 via cat5 --> wireless router --> computer2 via wireless

Wait, wait.... so the DSL goes into the DSL modem and then spits out the internet signal into a cat5 cable. That then goes to the computer1 via cat5 or does it go to the wireless router and out to both computers. Mabey a diagram:

--> incoming DSL --> modem --> wireless router:
--> computer1 via cat5
--> computer2 via wireless

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Apophis

Run the setup under the Administrator account and/or an account with Administrator priviledges and you should be all set.

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jackel

how would that work because the modem has 1 cat5 jack which goes to the computer adn the computer only has 1 slot. so how will it go to the router after the computer exactly?

jackel

of the 5 or so accounts all but one have admin (its a poorly setup computer) and we orginally ran it on an account with admin.

CingularDuality

You're saying that the wired PC is the one having troubles with connecting using other accounts?

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TacticalGamer TX LAN/BBQ Veteran:

jackel

correct.
the wired PC is his family computer. the wireless is his own and has only 1 account.

the wired comp has accounts for his parents/siblings. we ran the config cd on his account so his account works.

CingularDuality

That config probably screwed stuff up. I don't see why other accounts shouldn't be able to see an ethernet connection. Unless your wireless encryption stuff is applied to the wired network, too?

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TacticalGamer TX LAN/BBQ Veteran:

jackel

i dont undestand why its not working on the other accounts either. the WEP stuff isnt applied to either the wired/wirless at the moment because we're trying to get it all setup before we start doing security. not to mention i always get problems when setting up WEPs

jackel

okay, i think we fixed it. THanks for your help.. this is what we did to fix it if anyone has this problem in the future.

1st, we went onto his account and into network connections to see which connection it was using.
we then went into the accounts that didnt have it. into control panel, and then setup network wizard and created a network. and then did the same on his basment (wirelss) computer. after this the upstairs (wired) computer regained its access on all accounts.

Apophis

Use WPA/PSK w/ TKIP whenever possible. Try and stay away from WEP.

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jackel

im not very familiar to wpa/psk w/tkip. do you have a link that explains it more or soemthing

Apophis

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