Did I install my new wireless repeater correctly?
Last edited Fri Feb 21, 2014, 06:58 PM - Edit history (1)
UPDATE: Answer is NO.
Tech support finally answered; very nice man diagnosed the problem as being with my old, rickety computer and said (politely) that I had been doomed from the start. Apparently the solution will be for me to take the device to the computer I'm using to piggyback the wireless, then tech support will guide me through setting up the booster (not the host computer) so it will then work on any device within reach. After that all I have to do is take it home and plug it into the wall, not even into my computer, and that way both windows and android will get their wireless signals boosted.
If the owner of the host computer says no, all I can do is wait until I get a new computer myself in the sweet by and by; with a fully functioning computer I won't need to go to the host. I'll just be stuck waiting until I'm forced to buy another computer; and I wanted to run this bucket of junk until the blue screen of death.
The reason I suspect it will come to the latter is because ignorant as I am about technology, I'm still considered the local semi-expert! Most people around here are the tinfoil hat types, so with the best of intentions they're going to think I'm trying to make it easier for President Obama to throw them in a FEMA camp. They might not consider that my intention, but I guarantee you that's what they'll expect to come from letting me connect any hardware of my own to their hardware even temporarily. Between Faux Snooze and Alex Jones etc., they're scared of their own shadows.
Right now I'm so upset I can't find where to delete this thread entirely, so I'll just leave it up for everyone's amusement.
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It's a TP-Link and it claims to be successfully installed; I piggyback by permission on a local wireless signal because I don't have my own service at the moment, and the signal's weak so I wanted to make it stronger and more reliable, hence the repeater.
(Running Windows 7 on Chrome)
The only reason I feel the need to double check the installation is because in the Network and Sharing, it does show 2 networks BUT on the one for the repeater, it says 2 things which might appear contradictory:
Access type: No network access
and
Connections: Local Area Connection
I don't mind appearing ignorant because I am! I just want to know whether the repeater is properly working or how to find out. The tech support line NEVER answers.
Thanks for any help!