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[braehead]

Help,

I'm trying to go wireless. Bought the BT Voyager kit on special at PC World. Installed it as per the instructions. Get a good signal but can't connect to the internet, says host isn't responding - a 686 error I think. Any ideas?

 

[RobsterD]

Is the modem setup correcttly as PPPoA and have you put a username in ie [email protected] no password reqd,set up my mates yesterday with no probs.
Check you can access internet via ethernet B4 you try the wireless connection.
What Voyager kit have got ?
Rob

 

[braehead]

I got the 2110 with the 1040 pc card. Connected last night via ethernet and couldn't get the internet either so think there is a bigger problem! My ISP is Wanadoo and I've got the correct user name and password. When I plug the USB Speedtouch modem back in I get through to the internet with no problems at all. I'm at a loss as to what to try next.

 

[RobsterD]

Thought you had BT bb,I have Wanadoo,so here are my modem settings
modem @mmode
PPPoA
PPP setting@VC
PVC setting VPI-0,VCI-38
set the router to DHCP and network to obtain IP address automatically.
Can you ping the router/gateway when connected by ethernet?

 

[braehead]

Thanks for that. I'll try it when I get home from work. I used to think I was ok at these things but rapidy finding that the world has left me behind somewhat!

 

[braehead]

Hey,

I'm all sorted. Turns out it was to do with trying to establish my first internet connection via Mozilla. Once I got into the Voyager configuration utility another way it worked just fine.

What a bother getting it sorted though. The BT instructions were poor!!

Anyway, result

 

[nwgarratt]

Hey,

What a bother getting it sorted though. The BT instructions were poor!!

Anyway, result

Well done.

I have only recently got into wireless and it took me 4 days to get it working.

The instructions are always poor so they can get some poor chap ringing expesive helplines.

 

[GrahamC]

Anyone know how to stop wireless dropping its connection every five minutes.

 

[braehead]

Well done.

I have only recently got into wireless and it took me 4 days to get it working.
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Funny that, I started on Saturday and got it working on Tuesday. I wonder if they should put a "easy install in only 4 days" on the packaging?

 

[nwgarratt]

Funny that, I started on Saturday and got it working on Tuesday. I wonder if they should put a "easy install in only 4 days" on the packaging?

I started at 9pm on Friday night and got it working Tuesday 2am.

I could have got it working in 10 minutes as I forgot about one thing. I got the router working straight away on my laptop. On my main PC I had the LAN disabled in the BIOS. At one stage I was using a Wireless adapter on the main PC to connect to the router next to it. Once, I enabled the LAN. The router started working straight away on the ethernet connection. I then just have to run the online setup again.