Setting up wireless using Belkin router

[shnozz]

Hi chaps. Been trying to set up the wireless using a belkin router. However, when I type in the settings into the internet window to find the installation package for drivers etc it tries to connect me to the internet (which of course I cant).

In the instructions, it gives little info as it suggests once I have typed the 192. blah blah number it should be a case of following the instructions on screen. I just cant get to those instructions!

TIA

[BliarOut]

Are you talking about the wireless adapter in the PC? If it's USB you usually install the drivers first from the CD, restart and then insert the hardware.

[GreenV8S]

You need to have established a wireless connection (or connected directly to the router) before you can configure it. If you have previously been using dialup and have got your internet settings set to 'always dial a connection' then you will need to change this to 'never dial' or 'dial if there isn't already a connection'.

Once you've done that, you should be able to run "ping 192.168.x.x" (whatever the IP address is for your router) in a DOS command prompt and get a response from the router.

If that works then you should be able to enter the same IP address in the address bar of your browser and access the admin page for the router. (If the ping doesn't work then you are wasting your time with the browser.)