Setting Up Wireless Home Network

We are building an g+4 story apartment for residential purpose. I wanna setup an wireless network for internet, file sharing, multiplayer games n for other purpose. I have few que regarding it. 1. Is it possible to set up an wireless network for g+4 story building? What is the coverage of an wireless router or something like that? 2. What would be approx. cost for building tis wireless network? 3. Which 1 wud be best, Wired r wireless? 4. Which router 2 go for? 4. Is it possible to connect TV with computer with this wireless network? or is there a wifi featured TV? Thanks in advance

The signal from wireless access points can cover 2 floors, maybe 3, depending on the material of the building. But if I had that setup, I'd have a wireless router on the floor where the modem is and an access point per floor and user an N one where the gaming devices are located. I prefer a wired connection for the access points but wireless in repeater mode is ok too.
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Setting up wireless home network..Printer not communicating

I have a Gateway Dx4300 using network magic 5.5 , connected to cable. My router is a Belkin model F6D4230-4 vx; Printer connection in the wireless mode. Using Windows 7 with Norton 360 (it is providing the firewall) I am located in Banning, California.
Everything is working except the printer (HPC309a) when i try to use the printer i get "script error" baffled..HELP!

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Hello,
I have three laptops, all of which are connected independently and wirelessly to my BT home hub 3. Two of them were already made part of a home wireless network when I was with my last internet provider, but I am now struggling to make the the third laptop part of my network. I would appreciate any advice. Thanks in advance.
Can you connect your laptop to the wireless network from the home hub?
If not then look at the help here Wireless Help
There are some useful help pages here, for BT Broadband customers only, on my personal website.
BT Broadband customers - help with broadband, WiFi, networking, e-mail and phones.

I cannot printany web pages or emails over a wireless home network. My OS is windows 7 and am using an Epson printer. I know I have the home network set up correctly as i can print files over the network.

I cannot print any email or web pages over a wireless home network. I know that I can print my files over this network, just not anything from the web or emails using Firefox. I am using Windows 7 and printing to an Epson.
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== when I set up the wireless home network.

The most likely reason for this is that the wrong printer is chosen in the File->Print window.
In Firefox, go to File->Print and click the dropdown box with printer names. Ensure that the correct network printer is selected, then try printing again.

Hp Officejet Pro 8600 Premium - wireless home network printing from multiple devices

We have a wireless home network with several desk tops, lap tops and tablets using the network for internet access. There is only one printer in the home, our hp Officejet pro 8600 Premium. Right now everyone who has access to the network can print. We want to prevent printing from specific devices while allowing printing from others. How do I password protect the printer so that only certain devices may print? Or alternatively, remotely prevent devices from printing?

Well this is a little tricky. You have a 'home' network so we assume you want everyone to print went they want. If you are talking about 'guest' that come over and use the printer, the best thing is to get a router with a Guest Network which isolates your home network.
That being said there is no 'password' you can put on the printer , however you can add security.
Start/Devices and Printers/ Right click on your printer and select Printer Properties , select the Security Tab. Now you can set security.
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Advice on improving wireless home network

Hello,
I've got a wireless home network set up, but it isn't performing as well as I would like. I have 2 computers I want using the network, 1 powerbook G4 and 1 sony vaio. I purchased a time machine with built in airport extreme (5Gz N) as my base station. I've also purchased 2 airport extremes to extend my network and add a printer to the network. Now, I want to try to improve my performance.
I have a 3 story house. The time capsule is hooked up to the cable modem in the garage, on the east end of the house. I put 1 AE in the 3rd story office on the east end of the house and hooked up my printer. I put the other AE in my 3rd story bedroom on the west end of the house. Although both AE's do extend the signal a bit, it's not by much.
Before wifi became popular, the previous owner of the house (my father in law) installed an ethernet network throughout the house. The hub is in the garage, which is why the cable modem is hooked up down there.
Now, what would be the best and quickest way to improve my wifi coverage and bandwidth throughout the house, especially in that bedroom on the west end. Should I moved the time capsule out of the basement? Does being down there weaken the coverage? Can I connect my time capsule to my cable modem through the ethernet network?
Or am I just expecting too much from these devices?
Also, I assume I'm only using the 2.4 Ghz spectrum, since my computer's airport card is a little too old to take advantage of the 5 Ghz spectrum, or am I miss understanding something?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks!

Now, what would be the best and quickest way to improve my wifi coverage and bandwidth throughout the house, especially in that bedroom on the west end. Should I moved the time capsule out of the basement? Does being down there weaken the coverage? Can I connect my time capsule to my cable modem through the ethernet network?
Yes, for the best overall bandwidth performance, you will want to take advantage of the Ethernet backbone. What you will want to do, in this case, it to create a "roaming" network with each of the base stations connected to this backbone.
Where you place the base stations will depend on where there will be Ethernet jacks available.
If possible, I would suggest the following:
o Leave the Time Capsule (TC) connected to the modem and run an Ethernet patch cable from one of its available LAN ports to the Ethernet jack.
o If you will be doing most of your computing on the third floor, place the AirPort Extreme Base Stations (AEBSn)at both ends and (of course) where there are Ethernet jacks available. Connect an Ethernet patch cord between the jack and the WAN port of the AEBSn.
Both AEBSns will need to be reconfigured as bridges as you will want the TC to be the main router providing both NAT & DHCP services for the entire network. Use the same Network Name for each base station, but be sure to use a different radio channel to prevent interference.
Also, I assume I'm only using the 2.4 Ghz spectrum, since my computer's airport card is a little too old to take advantage of the 5 Ghz spectrum, or am I miss understanding something?
If you can provide me with the exact Machine ID for your Mac, I can let you know if its supports 802.11a ... which operates on the 5 GHz band. You can find this through the System Profiler. It would be something like PowerBook2,1.
You will have a number of options here, depending on the exact models of your base stations. Are any or all of them the simultaneous dual-band versions?

Printing to DJ 930C from HP Pavilion DV4-1287CL on a wireless home network.

I am having a problem with my DeskJet 930C. It is a fine printer and has worked for many years. It is connected directly to a desktop PC running Win7 (32-bit). I recently acquired an HP Pavilion DV4-1287CL (64-bit) and have attached it to my home network. I thought I'd be able to print remotely from the new portable, but I have not been successful so far.
I downloaded the HP programs designed to troubleshoot printer installation problems, and this did help me to find a driver for the Pavilion. This driver works fine if I connect directly, via USB cable, to the printer. However, if I try to print via the network, it does not work.
I'm wondering if the problem has to do with the fact that my desktop is using 32-bit Win7, while the portable is set up with 64-bit Win7. Is there an incompatibility issue?
For the time being, I will be able to print by connecting the portable directly to the printer, but I would much prefer to be able to work remotely on the portable and send the data via the network to the printer. Is this doable?
Thank you to anyone that can offer help!
Tom.
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Hi @Accordion_Tom,
Welcome to the HP Forums!
I see that you are trying to print to your HP Deskjet 930C from HP Pavilion DV4-1287CL on a wireless home network. I am happy to look into this for you!
According to this printer's specifications. This printer is only supported by the following connections:
Cable Part description Part #
HP IEEE 1284-compliant parallel interface cable
With one 1284-A connector for
the computer port and one
1284-B connector for the printer port.
2 m (6.56 feet) long
3 m (9.84 feet) long
C2950A
C2951A
HP USB-compliant interface cables
2 m (6.56 feet) long
C6518A*
Otherwise, I would suggest to please call our phone support at 800-474-6836 for your upgrade options. If you live outside the US/Canada Region, please click the link below to get the support number for your region. Country-language selector.
Hope this clears things up for you, and have a great day!
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Trouble setting up a home network

Hi,
I have the Actiontec M1424-WR router. I am trying to set up a home network with a Desktop on XP and a Laptop on Vista.
I have been able to creat a network if the Desktop and Laptop are both connected to the Router with Cat5 Cables.
I can not set up a network if I have the Desktop connected via the Cat5 and the Laptop using the Wireless Card.
I've called VZ, won't help. I've emailed Actiontec, couldn't help. I've Googled etc. I'm stumped! This can't be a unique situation.
If anyone can help it would be much appreciated.
Thanks!

Log on to the computer.
Click the Start button ‌, and then click Connect To.
Choose the wireless network from the list that appears, and then click Connect.
Type the security key (which is the WEP key stamped on the Routers tag) and then click OK.
You will see a confirmation message when you are connected to the network.
To confirm that you added the computer, do the following:
Open Network by clicking the Start button and then clicking Network.
You should see the icons for the computer you added and for the other computers and devices that are part of the network.
Side note:It’s important to use the same workgroup name for all of the computers on your network. This makes it possible for computers running different versions of Windows to detect and access each other. Remember that the default workgroup name is not the same in all versions of Windows.
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Wireless Home Networking

I must be missing something. My MacBook Pro logs onto my wireless home network, and I can access the internet, but I can't see my Desktop PC on the network, and therefore cannot use the shared printers on my desktop PC. Is there someplace I can go to get detailed instructions on setting up the rest of the network? I'm using a Linksys BEFW1154 wireless access point/cable/DSL router.

Hi Jimmyboy,
Welcome to the forum.
Is there someplace I can go to get detailed instructions on setting up the rest of the network?
Ask and ye shall receive
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3015.html
You'll also find a lot of other good articles there that will assist you if you have a mixed platform network, all written by iFelix who is an all round top dude.
RD

I want to set up a home network to be able to watch my movies and litsen to music across multiple platforms without keeping my laptop connected.

I want to set up a home network to be able to watch my movies and litsen to music across multiple platforms. I have movies purchased from itunes as well as movies from my DVD collection that i converted to an .m4v format. I currently have these movies stored on an external harddrive. To watch a movie on my apple tv I have to ensure my external hard drive is connected to my macbook pro, then play the movie on my macbook pro and "mirror" it to my apple tv.
Ideally I would like to be able to watch movies from my collection without having to have my laptop on and work from that. Is it possible to navigate my collection from my Apple TV and play it on my Apple TV. My macbook pro is the machine I primarily use for work and school it is quite the protological nuissance to have to hook all that up everytime I want to watch a movie.
My thoughts are that I could take my old dekstop pc, attach an external hard drive to that and make that my "media storage". If I were to do that would I then be able to watch movies as well as select which movie I want to watch from my library through my apple TV without my macbook pro being in the equation? Or if I should desire to watch a movie from my library through my Macbook Pro, Iphone 4s, and ipad is that possible? I basically want to set up my library to be accessible from any of my devices.
My devices are; the previously mentioned Apple Tv, macbook pro, iphone 4s, ipad 3. I also have a desktop PC running windows 7, xbox 360 and playstation 3 (the xbox and PS3 would be nice if they could too but wouldnt break my heart as they are my roommate's and not mine so I rarely use them.)
Thank you for any help/advice you guys may have!

atv's can only access media from
1. a computer which is turned on running itunes
2. the internet
no other options
and NAS's which say they can work as itunes libs don't work

Is it possible to have an HP and Canon wireless printer on the same wireless home network?

I presently have a Canon MP560 printer on my wireless home network. I do not have this printer installed on my computer. I purchased an HP 3520e-All-In-One hoping I could have both on my home network. My os is Windows 7 64bit. I tried to install the HP 3520e, and received the following error message - "Your printer failed to join the wireless network", and said the issue was that MAC address filtering may be enabled on my computer, which it is not. It is disabled. Question: Is there a workaround to have two wireless printers on the same network, and if so, what is it? Thank you so much for your help.

Hi,
I actually have 3 printers from 3 vendors on my home network. I have tested using MAC filter and w/o MAC filter, no problem at all. The MAC filter should be on the router, not from your computer. Have you checked that ? My suggestion: use a computer on the network to connect the printer using USB cable then setup from there. The printer will use EXISTING setup from your computer and you won't need to enter security key.
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BH
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I hit Forget Network and now cannot get back onto my wireless home network. All of my other computers and iphones are fine. How do I get the network back? It shows in my list of networks but when I use the password and try to join it says not connected.

I hit Forget Network and now cannot get back onto my wireless home network. All of my other computers and iphones are fine. How do I get the network back? It shows in my list of networks but when I use the password and try to join it says not connected.

See if the iPad will accept the password after you restart it. It's worth a try.
Restart the iPad by holding down on the sleep button until the red slider appears and then slide to shut off. To power up hold the sleep button until the Apple logo appears and let go of the button.
You could also try a reset as well.
Reset the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider - let go of the buttons.

How to I get my Canon MX700 to scan to my new iMAC top? Currently the Canon will print from the iMAC. They are on a wireless home network. The Canon use to scan to the PC using software called MP or Navigator.

How do I get my Canon MX700 to scan to my new iMAC top? Currently the Canon will print from the iMAC. They are on a wireless home network. The Canon use to scan to the PC using software called MP Navigator.

Did you try scanning using Image Capture?
Otherwise, check the Canon website for updated software.

Can I configure a wireless home network with two cable routers (both with separate connections to the same cable company)? Issue is poor signal strength even with multiple Airport Expresses added to the network.

I have a wireless home network consisting of a time capsule, two airport expresses and a cable modem. Even with this configuration I get a very weak signal in much of be condo - the walls, etc. are solid concrete. I want to see if I can add another separately connected cable modem and connect one of the existing airport express to it by Ethernet cable. If so, this would give me two wired hubs and greatly improve signal strength. I do not know if this configuration will in fact work or if I will just wind up with two, separate and unrelateable networks. Unfortunately, there is no way to run any additional Ethernet cable and I doubt simply adding more Airport Express will help. Thanks.

Try Ethernet over Power adapters.. these are very popular for your kind of environment.. being able to make non-wireless link to another area where you can setup a wireless access point.
Airport Express are not great for wireless power.. if you really have issues with wireless strength in a bad environment apple stuff is not the way to go.
The comparison chart here.
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/router-charts/bar/58-2_4-ghz-dn?see=P_F
This is their worst test location you can also see averages.. the latest airport extreme.. is there a long way down.. and that is a much better wireless device than Airport Express.
The Ubiquiti power AP is small cheap and designed for precisely this duty.. useless in an apple wireless network.. you will need to run ethernet or EOP adapters back to the main router.. but if the normal omni directional antennas don't provide enough signal you can get directional ones.. I suspect you can cover your whole apartment with a pair of these and high gain directional antenna.

How to setup password to protect my wireless home network

Hi everyone.
Please bear with me...Im a newbie in Wireless Home networking.
I just bought today a WRT54G wireless router and I was able now to connect a (wired) desktop and WiFi laptop to it.
My questions now are:
1) how do I configure it such that it asks for a password before a device can connect to it?
2) how do I know if someone else, or a neighbor is connecting/ connected to it?
3) Is there a way for me to see list of all devices/PCs that are connected to it...just to know if an "outsider" is connected to it?
Im asking this because when i tried to connect that WiFi laptop, it connects easily without asking for a password. When I clicked on the Wireless network Connections....I found my router that says "Unsecured Wireless Connection"
However I wanted to have it "secured" or password-enalbled so that no one else can have free access to my Internet connection.
Please advise a newbie....will be greatly appreciated

I'm unsure of the firmware for version 7 but most of my adivce should still hold.
after doing some searching on WPA and WEP and WPA2, WPA is better, with WPA2 being better than that
so once you configure it for WPA (or WPA2 if a 54g v7 supports it) it should be as simple as entering a password and remembering it
as for seeing whose connected, that's the only way I know of doing it (on a 54g v5 since that's what I have) is to go into the mac filters and then check and see the wireless mac's that are connected. That's one of the only things I don't like about the 54g, is that there is no easier way to see who's connected.
if you want even more security, you could get the Mac address of your laptop, add it to the mac filter, and configure it so only that mac address can access the wireless router, though going this route means everytime you want to add a new wireless device to the network, you have to add it to the mac filter list.

Connecting to Wireless Home Network w/o an AirPort Card

I want to connect a CRT iMac that's incompatible with AirPort Extreme to a wireless home network.
The problem is that every USB adapter I've seen is Windows-only.
Does anyone know of any USB-wireless adapters that are compatible with OS X?

Strider, it
i is
standard-Airport-ready, but as Henry observed, it's not worth spending twice as much as an ethernet bridge would cost. (At least not for a desktop.)
(I was hoping to save some money by using USB but judging by the other Topic, that would be more trouble than it would be worth.)
I have found one good deal on an ethernet bridge here http://store.yahoo.com/justdeals/me101au.html . Apparently the reason that it's inexpensive is that it was manufactured to be sold in Europe. Is there any reason that that bridge, with a U.S. power adapter, wouldn't work well on this side of the Atlantic?

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