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2006-12-04 15:24:08 · 3 answers · asked by swaznit 2 in Computers & Internet Computer Networking

My dorm room is only hard wired and I want to hook up the router to it so i can surf wireless. When I try to do this though, it works at first and then after the router is idle for about a half hour it loses its internet connection. How can I get this to work?

2006-12-04 15:35:51 · update #1

If the network admins set the system up that I cant use a router, is there a way around it?

2006-12-04 16:01:40 · update #2

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Routers don't pass broadcast traffic unless you add a "helper" address. You can't add a helper address to a SOHO router; they don't support it. Therefore your router will not allow you to use the campus DHCP server.

In your case, you need a wireless access point, not a wireless router. Your router might have an option to configure it that way. As a WAP, it will act as a bridge and pass all traffic, including broadcasts.

2006-12-04 16:45:42 · answer #1 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0 0

If the netowrk is close enough for the router to pick up, you ought to be able to connect to it through the router, so long as the network is not secured, or if you have the security key.

I do not have a Netgear router, but I do have a netgear wireless card in my desktop computer, and its broadcasting to a linksys router attached to a cable internet connection. A router should be able to receive the signal and pass it along from your college wireless, so long as it is an open (unsecured) network, or if you have the password. There really should not be much of anything you need to do.

Wireless routers are known (in the wireless world) as access points, and when using an access point, you need to set up as a "hard" network, not an ad hoc network (which is what you use if you want a group of laptops to talk to each other without a router involved).

The only thing you may need to set up is to set the router to find the DHCP settings automatically.

2006-12-04 15:30:42 · answer #2 · answered by fraterchaos 2 · 0 2

This behavior is most likely frowned upon by your college system administrators, which is why you're losing your connection. You're pretty much only supposed to have a single computer hooked by ethernet cable direct to your network port, and you're generally not supposed to use a router/switch/hub or anything else that "alters network topology."

2006-12-04 15:47:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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