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January 31

Connecting wirelessly

Or rather, not. I have a router which is working fine and connecting to computer #1. But #2 is not connecting. A bar chart bottom right is green and says things are excellent. 2 little tvs bottom right say there is a wireless connection albeit at a low strength. Clicking on it suggests mighty little contact has passed through it. Typing 192.168.0.100 into the url bar does not bring up the router start page on #2. What have I missed and what should I try next? Kittybrewster ☎ 20:05, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried connecting on #2 (what OS) (ie wireless connection wizard or something similar) - does it fail (how) or succeed?

If fail is it possible to bring #2 closer to the router (or the router closer to #2) and try again - if this works it might be a simple problem of signal strength - there are solutions for this.
If succeed then - how does it not connect - what error messages? 87.102.67.84 (talk) 21:51, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

do I have to do something with my complex printer to turn it off, or just flick the switch?

I have a complex HP networked printer, it has a big LCD display and everything. Should |I try to shut it down in some special way, as with a PC, or should I just flick the on/off switch. I can't seem to find any shutdown in the menu system. THanks... 84.153.232.162 (talk) 22:08, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Power (On/Off) button/switch should do it (unless it is a physical switch on the back of the printer, in which case there probably is a more "soft" way of powering it down). A model number would help. --Andreas Rejbrand (talk) 22:16, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]