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itsmesunny
Dec 22, 2015Aspirant
1607: unable to install Installshield scripting in runtime
Hi, I have done this before and have not had a problem and I do not know what I am doing wrong. Right now I am using an old dell desktop running windows xp which is the same computer I used e...
itsmesunny
Dec 30, 2015Aspirant
Thanks for the reply.
As it turns out the router works and I am able to connect wirelessly without using the adapter.
Thanks
TheEther
Dec 30, 2015Guru
That's great. Just curious. How were you able to connect wirelessly without using the adapter? You said your computer is not wireless.
- itsmesunnyDec 30, 2015Aspirant
I am actually a Mac person and I am using this old Dell Dimension Desktop that someone gave me termporarily.
So it has been trial and error figureing out how to get this going.
I had bought a Netgear router a while back off Craigslist because my current local ISP did not have wireless access, just a modem.
I did this hook up once before and after searching I found that I needed to get the adapter and I found a Netgear adapter at the local Goodwill and hooked it up. So it's been super cheap to use it.
Anyway, last time I hooked it up for a wireless connection I used the adapter, so I hooked it up again and kept getting that stupid popup above so I came here.
This time I really am not sure what happened. After I plugged in the router and the adapter I had a wireless connection and the adapter did not blink the little blue light like it did before and i was connected. The router was lit up correctly.
The Dell has this "Wireless Network Setup WIzard." I used it again and could not figure out why all of a sudden I was connected,
even though the adapter was hooked up to the tower ( yeah, this is an old Dell but works fine :) ) and was not blinking.
I just went back and opened up the WNSW and remember that there are 2 ways - with a USB flash drive or adding another network. I did not use the flash drive so I used the other, which is what I used last time.
Either way, I really don't know what happened. The adaper is not blinking and I have a wireless connection.
So, I dunno. Last time there was a Netgear windown that popped up with the info of other networks etc. And there was an icon in the
menu on the bottom. I don't have any of that now. I am just connected.
- itsmesunnyDec 30, 2015Aspirant
The history was not necessary. Sorry about that. Just excess verbage.