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   Message 145,604 of 146,966   
   Nil to pyotr filipivich   
   Re: setting up a wireless connection to    
   10 Apr 11 18:16:19   
   
   From: rednoise@REMOVETHIScomcast.net   
      
   On 10 Apr 2011, pyotr filipivich  wrote in   
   alt.os.windows-xp:   
      
   > I have a Wireless-G Broadband Router(model WRT54G) given me by my   
   > neighbor as "surplus to needs".  Yippee.  That was several months   
   > ago. I no longer have Internet connectivity - no land line - but   
   > my neighbor now does, with WiFi.  With his permission I'm using   
   > that. "Way cool".   
   >   
   > But I cannot get WinXP to "find" that unit.  Which means the   
   > desktop unit is still in "backup mode" (As in "I collect data on   
   > the laptop, and back up to the Desktop").   
      
   I have no idea what you mean by that.   
      
   > One possible complication is that I "had" to install a network   
   > card, so the "standard" 192.168.1.1 connection reports back "not   
   > found".   
      
   I don't understand what you mean by that, either.   
      
   You are not clearly describing your problem or the situation. Are you   
   trying to wirelessly connect a desktop or a laptop? Do you have a   
   wireless adapter installed?   
      
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