How can I create a wireless network in my apartment?

Question

I'm living in a building and the internet provided in it is through a LAN network. In other words, I connect from the wall jack to my laptop via a network cable.
So, I recently bought a Sitecom wireless broadband network router, and connected the WAN port to the wall-jack, but my laptop does not detect the router? :(
I setup and configured whatever's required, but still no use :(
- I posted the above question and I got the below answer:
Since that LAN network is shared with the rest of the building, I would not expect your router to work on it. Simply put, there's already a router between the building's jacks and the Internet, and I don't think you can stack routers like this.
(By: The Phlebob)
-And I think his answer is convincing.
Now, what can I do to create a wireless network in my apartment?

Answer 1

That answer is partially correct. WHat you want to do is connect your wall jack into a ethernet port in the router, not the WAN Port. The wan port is for communicating to your ISP using Internet COnnection Protocols not used by home routers.

This is basically using the routers hub function and the wireless Access Point function, not the WAN function. Now you should also configure the wireless portion of your router so the wireless radio is on and you have named the SSID something you want your wireless connection to be, lets say APT8 for example.

Now goto your laptop and turn on its wireless adapter and when you search wireless networks you should see APT8 in the list.

Connect to it. That should do it.

Answer 2

The rest of the network doesn't know how you're getting internet from the wall to your computer - whether it's a router, a hub, a cable, or carrier pigeon!

Your computer should detect the router even if it had NO internet connecting to it at all. That doesn't mean it could access the internet, of course, but it should at least be able to "find" the router. I've done tech support before, and one of the most common problems I've seen is that people either fail to turn on the wireless antenna on the laptop, or they fail to enable the wireless NIC card. Make sure those are working.

Next, be sure that the internet itself is working; if you're already connected via a cable (CAT-5 or USB), then that's taken care of.

Be sure that you're connecting through the ethernet port, not the WAN port. That's for another purpose, and you don't need it for this.

Your initial connection may also need to be made through a wired connection to the router, but your machine should be able see it regardless of what is "behind" it.

Good luck!

Answer 3

You don't need a router, you need a wireless access point, which you should be able to purchase at the same place you got the router and it will set up about the same way. It is strange that your computer didn't detect the router, though, because you can still connect wireless to it without the router being connected to anything else. Make sure you have the protocols set up correctly (i.e. that your computer is set up to obtain the IP address automatically and that the wireless access point is set up as a DHCP server.)

Answer 4

sure you can stack routers. It is a pain to port forward through them with specialized applications. I suspect that your router's default address might be conflicting with the existing network address. Connect your laptop directly into your new router with a cable. Follow the directions that came with it to program it to an "off the wall address" (ie. 192.168.25.1). It is probably set to 192.168.1.1 as default. Also I recommend you go to your wireless settings and input the MAC address from your laptop wireless adapter into the approved list and disallow any other devices to talk to it.