First off, apologies if this stuff is covered elsewhere. I did have a good browse using the search options but I couldn't find the info I needed
My question is this:
I have just bought a ZyXEL Prestige 650H/HW router and have two PC's connected to a DSL connection. One PC detects the connection just fine but the second one seems to only connect to the DSL connection intermittently. Sometimes I can browse the web and other times I can't.
I originally had a problem where my network card was assigning itself an IP address which was not compatible with the router so I changed to a static one but I still can't always connect.
I was wondering if I should be able to see my router in My Network Connections? I am running WinXP Home. All I see is my LAN and nothing else.
Is there any way I could set it up to show the router so I could at least check its connectivity status and maybe set to show an icon when connected to the net?
Any help would be greatly appreciated, and I'd be happy to supply any other system info if you need.
Cheers
My question is this:
I have just bought a ZyXEL Prestige 650H/HW router and have two PC's connected to a DSL connection. One PC detects the connection just fine but the second one seems to only connect to the DSL connection intermittently. Sometimes I can browse the web and other times I can't.
I originally had a problem where my network card was assigning itself an IP address which was not compatible with the router so I changed to a static one but I still can't always connect.
I was wondering if I should be able to see my router in My Network Connections? I am running WinXP Home. All I see is my LAN and nothing else.
Is there any way I could set it up to show the router so I could at least check its connectivity status and maybe set to show an icon when connected to the net?
Any help would be greatly appreciated, and I'd be happy to supply any other system info if you need.
Cheers