wireless networking newbie - help, please!

[krato]

its wireless though and it says that i need to set the router up through ethernet first
i have bought three wireless cards for it...
so i cant set it up with a ethernet-usb adapter?

[SMHarman]

Does nothing you own have an ethernet card?

You can set it up wirelessly, plug a wireless card in and connect to the router, it's a bit more fiddely as when you change the security settings you will wave bye bye to your connection until you change them on the PC as well, but apart from that it can be done.

[MadGamer]

Originally Posted by r33d

wow you make it sound so easy, im pretty much nervouse about it!
iv ordered the router and its suppose to be coming on wednesday so from now till then i will have a read of the links you have sent me, and when it comes if i have any problems i suppose youll see more of me!!!

i really appreciate all of your support

Ryan

I would eother consult here or ast a computer shop if i were you, because if your new to networking it can get very confusing at times.

[zovat]

Originally Posted by r33d

its wireless though and it says that i need to set the router up through ethernet first
i have bought three wireless cards for it...
so i cant set it up with a ethernet-usb adapter?

If you need to connect onto a wired connection - just connect the usb-ethernet adaptor to the first port of the router (the first of the bank of 4 marked "LAN".).

boot the pc after connecting, and make sure that the XP firewall is disabled.

you should then be able to get a browser up and connect to 192.168.1.1 - and you should be connected.

HTH