evilbunny
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I've tried searching on this topic, both on this forum and on the web generally, and the only posts I've found are how to remove an unwanted second network -- which is not applicable to my case.
My position is that I don't have a landline (or any chance of getting one), so for the past three years I've been using Huawei HSDPA/3G wireless modems for my internet access. This works fine for me (well, most of the time anyway).
Last year I decided to link my laptop to my friend's desktop computer (also technically mine, but never mind that). I thus bought a Belkin class N router (I've forgotten which model) and a pair of class N wireless adapters (also Belkin as it happens). I also replaced the two wireless modems with a single Huawei E585 WiFi modem (accessed via a class G adapter on the desktop machine and via the laptop's internal class G adapter), so that instead of paying £20 a month for two separate lots of 1Gb transfer I now pay £15 a month for a single (shared) allowance of 3Gb. This setup of course requires that I maintain two separate wireless networks, one for file/printer sharing and the other for the modem.
Under Windows XP this setup worked flawlessly, but under Vista or 7 I have the problem that as soon as both connections are established, the internet connection is lost, which makes the modem connection pointless. Is there any way to fix this? I can't revert to XP (it's too unstable), I can't run a CAT5 cable between the two flats (he lives next door and one flight up), and anyway if I could I'd still have the problem of the connection breaking (I've tested this), I can't get a landline (and internet access that way would be more expensive than I currently pay), and I don't know of any way of combining the two connections into one. (If there's a router which can have a wireless modem plugged into it, and can be used to remotely reset that connection in case of problems, I would buy it as that would probably cure this problem.)
My position is that I don't have a landline (or any chance of getting one), so for the past three years I've been using Huawei HSDPA/3G wireless modems for my internet access. This works fine for me (well, most of the time anyway).
Last year I decided to link my laptop to my friend's desktop computer (also technically mine, but never mind that). I thus bought a Belkin class N router (I've forgotten which model) and a pair of class N wireless adapters (also Belkin as it happens). I also replaced the two wireless modems with a single Huawei E585 WiFi modem (accessed via a class G adapter on the desktop machine and via the laptop's internal class G adapter), so that instead of paying £20 a month for two separate lots of 1Gb transfer I now pay £15 a month for a single (shared) allowance of 3Gb. This setup of course requires that I maintain two separate wireless networks, one for file/printer sharing and the other for the modem.
Under Windows XP this setup worked flawlessly, but under Vista or 7 I have the problem that as soon as both connections are established, the internet connection is lost, which makes the modem connection pointless. Is there any way to fix this? I can't revert to XP (it's too unstable), I can't run a CAT5 cable between the two flats (he lives next door and one flight up), and anyway if I could I'd still have the problem of the connection breaking (I've tested this), I can't get a landline (and internet access that way would be more expensive than I currently pay), and I don't know of any way of combining the two connections into one. (If there's a router which can have a wireless modem plugged into it, and can be used to remotely reset that connection in case of problems, I would buy it as that would probably cure this problem.)