PC trouble. Keith/sleek please :x

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Fri 8th Aug 2008 9:31am

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Right, last night my new PC arrived.

Turned it on, loaded everything up, cool!

So, i try and connect to the internet, config my wireless router with the mac address so it can connect to my PC..... and it connected, sick.

Open up IE and i get "Page no available". FUCK

So after pissing around for a while with settings on my router and PC i give up and ask a few ppl on IRC what it is.... after about an hour of going through settings someone said "andy, your router is compatible for Vista isnt it?" .............

so i check it up and im pretty certain that my router ISNT compatible for Vista.

so.....

1) Is this really the problem? iv never heard of routers having to be compatible for OS's.
2) What is my best option forward......
- By a new router that is vista compatible and fucking end up spending 2hours pissing around with wireless settings
- By a new router and get some1 to configure it for me and pay labour.
- Remove Vista from my PC and install XP (I have a spare disk and key)

Now the only problem with removing Vista is that my PC has 4GB RAM and the only reason i got the 4GB RAM is because i had Vista 64BIT. If i remove Vista and install XP will havin 4GB RAM fucking piss up XP/my new PC.

Hope you understand.

Thanks in advance.

Andy

Fri 8th Aug 2008 9:49am

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your Pc will only recognise 3/3.5gb of ram, still runs fine, no way ul use all 3.5gb of it Winking

What is make/model of your router?

Fri 8th Aug 2008 9:53am

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Ill find out the make now.

So if i install XP it wont feck up my PC? i just only use 3/3.5GB RAM.

Fri 8th Aug 2008 9:55am

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Netgear - DG632 ADSL Modem Router

also i have a rangemax wpn824 (signal booster)

Fri 8th Aug 2008 9:56am

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yup, itl be totally fine.

it depends on how much ram your gfx card has, if it has 512mb, then ul get 3.5gb, if it has 768, ul get 3.15gb etc.

Fri 8th Aug 2008 9:57am

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would it be worth updating the router to make it compatible with vista?

what netgear router would u suggest?

Fri 8th Aug 2008 9:59am

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depends on what you needed it for... ? gaming/downloading? wireless, wired.

can get a decent router for £35/40 now days

there are work arounds to make it vista compatible.. various drivers etc which is why i wanted to know your Make/model of your router.

Fri 8th Aug 2008 10:01am

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My dads PC is the main PC. i now have 2 computers and a laptop that use the wireless (oh and 1 more, my sisters lapoy)

i need it for gaming

can u get drives for this model of router?

Fri 8th Aug 2008 10:10am

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insteal of the drivers, could you reccomend a router from netgear thats vista compatible for me?

im useless at all thsi shit

Fri 8th Aug 2008 10:11am

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http://192.168.0.1

User: Admin
Password: Password

(or if you changed them, use them values)

Search under the: Main Menu > Maintenance > Router Status

and it should say "ADSL Firmware Version"

post back gogo

Fri 8th Aug 2008 10:12am

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keith im at work atm so i cant check settings.

im gettin home at 2 thou if u wanna help me out then

Fri 8th Aug 2008 10:13am

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yeh i should be around.. cu @ 2

Fri 8th Aug 2008 10:17am

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ite cheers mate. loving the half day Big grin

willyfantastic

Fri 8th Aug 2008 10:21am

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andeh mate save urself the hassle and buy this:

http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=700262

i bought it myself cos my wireless was crap and its amazing, only gone down once (reboot fixed it) and its basically the same as using wired.

Fri 8th Aug 2008 10:30am

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Right, i just rung BT for a bit of advise.

They said, it wont matter if my router is compatible with vista or not...... he said it was problem just the wrong settings i entered into the router...

and to be fair, i did connect to the router but just didnt get any internet access....

kelevra-

Fri 8th Aug 2008 10:35am

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so did they advise you the correct settings?

PPPOA i assume?

Username/Password?

clueeh

Fri 8th Aug 2008 10:57am

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i jsut baught a buffalo router and it will only connect to local :/ i know i have done something wrong but wat lol

some times an error comes up saying "cannot find www.microsoft.com dns somthing or other" that means nothing to me lol

Fri 8th Aug 2008 11:12am

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LOL, oh deary me.. routers arnt hard to install/setup.. pretty much all done for you with the wizards that they come with now days.. :/

Clueeh, if you can only connect to local, that means that your not connected to the internet, IE, you havnt put in the correct login settings for ADSL or similar things like that.

Kelevra, PPPoE Winking

A routers OS compatibility shouldnt matter, aslong as the OS supports tcp/ip which is does.. althou some do play funny beggers. Which is why i asked for router make/model n ting ;X

Homeplugs are a decent way to get around the fact that you "have" to use wireless, its the better than using wireless thats for sure..

Its an odd one, since the other computers in the house get internet... i presume its just you thats slipped up and misconfigured it somewhere and borked it up Big grin

Andeh, When your pc connects to the wireless, does it pop up saying Local only? or does it say Local & Internet?

Fri 8th Aug 2008 11:25am

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When it connected it just said "connect to NETGEARDAVID"... then i opened up the network connection and it showed:

andy-PC --- (connected to) --- NETGEARDAVID ---- (not connected) ---- INTERNET

something along thoses lines.....

after bout 2mins of talkin to BT he said "do u want me to send over an engineer? "no thanks" "ok well thats all i can help you with".... basically want me to pay but ill call em again when i get home. so no, they didnt give me any settings or advise really, just the fact that my routers compatibility with OS's isnt whats stopping my inet connection, just suggested that its the settings.

Edited by andeh on 08/08/08 11:29am

Fri 8th Aug 2008 11:35am