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Date:	Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:44:44 PST8
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Question about using Router / Access Point

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Colin Campbell wrote:
> I have high speed internet service thru my TV cable provider, Adelphia.
>
> I use the cable modem suggested by Adelphia (Motorola SB4200 Surfboard
> Cable Modem). After I won a Linksys WRT54G wireless router at a SCOUG
> meeting, I began using the router to enable me to use both of my PCs to
> access the Internet. Sometimes, I do so simultaneously, since they sit
> side by side. A few weeks ago, I bought a Linksys Wireless Access Point
> (WAP54G), and found I could connect the two PCs using the Router to send
> a signal to the AP.

I have a WRT54G. I seemed to recall that you wanted wireless so you
could have a desktop in another part of the house without running a
cable; T/F? I have totally forgotten why you want the AP. Is that
instead of putting a wireless NIC in the remote machine?
>
> One of the questions she was asked was whether
> there was a Router involved, She said yes, and was told to try a
> connection without the Router.

That is item one on the "tech support" Q card.
>
> The Router is plugged in to my power strip, so it is powered off when I
> shut down the PCs for the night. The Access Point, because I've run out
> of plugs on the power strip, has been plugged in continuously. Right
> now, though, I'm not using the Access Point, so I unplugged it.
>
> Is anyone else having problems with a Router?

Actually, I think it is the cable modem that sometimes looses it's mind
- losses it's connection with your provider. I have one of those power
buses with five switches on the front that typically sit under a
monitor. One is the modem, one is the router and the other three have
power strips that power three systems. The drill is; turn everything
off, turn on the modem - wait for a steady cable light, turn on the
router - let it settle, turn on the computers.

Ray

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