My choice was a Netgear MR314 wireless router. Truly plug n play. My Toshiba laptop has built in Wi Fi and a cable goes to the old Tower. I can now go anywhere around the house or yard with the laptop and it has never failed, but I have heard some horror stories about other manufacturers. Sorry to hear Re-Na is not having much fun with the connections. Since I have been wireless, have found that two Ids on Yahoo messenger is a quick way to share files. I just zip and send from one ID to the other (until the budget will allow a 1 gig zip pen). Ted -----Original Message----- From: pchelpers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pchelpers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Durham Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 4:25 PM To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [pchelpers] Re: wireless still not working Maybe it is distance, or it might also be a radio frequency source nearby, or metal structure in the building acting like a Faraday cage. In either case, you would need to be much closer to get any contact, preferably with no wall in between. On the other hand, if your router is also acting as a hub, put a 10baseT straight cable from the LAN card to it and share over that. Note: If your operating system has the NETBEUI protocol, use it. Sharing is heaps easier with it that trying to configure TCP/IP. G.R. Hanson wrote: >I just called technical support at Dlink. I got a very bad connection with a man that spoke so soft I had to have him keep repeating what he said. >He wasn't very helpful. Basically said my computer in the living room must be too far away. > >Anyone have any suggestions please??? > >-- > > Regards, John Durham <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> ICQ number 112663246 Fax/Phone 64 4 5286786 Award winning web site at http://modecideas.com?sig Order my latest e-book at http://modecideas.com/dmaxhits.htm?sig PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied. Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied. Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.