help with wireless connection pls...

[saj1985]

hey peeps,
i've got a belkin wireless gaming adaptar this morning,
i've installed the cd and followed the instructions,
and connected the gaming adapter to my openmedia box,
i typed in the ip of the openmedia box in flashfxp but it would not connect!

how do i connect and configure the netgear wireless router to work with the wireless gaming adapter?

im confused? :bike:

please can someone help?

p.s in my network connections the internet gateway is disabled

[saj1985]

anyone?????

[saj1985]

when i go to run and type cmd and type ipconfig/all
this is the info i get...

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : ***-***********
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : **-**-**-**-**-**
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : ***.***.*.*
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 20 December 2008 12:30:57
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 21 December 2008 12:30:57

any ideas peeps?
i really need help,
please! :banghead:

[max_gee]

chnge the ip on the openmedia so its set to dhcp then restart the openmedia and go back to ip settings and see what the new ip settings are

[saj1985]

chnge the ip on the openmedia so its set to dhcp then restart the openmedia and go back to ip settings and see what the new ip settings are

thanks for replying for a start mate :top:

anyways on the openmedia box i put the ip to 192.168.1.1 and ensured that dhcp was set,
after i rebooted i had a look,
and its automatically changed to 192.168.1.10 and dhcp is still on,
i have ensured the dhcp on the gaming adapter is on too.

i have installed the cd that comes with my gaming adapter but
how am i suppose to connect my wireless router to the gaming adapter wirelessly???
do i have to configure settings on my router??

am confused! :(

[saj1985]

please can somebody help???

[caveman_nige]

will have a read and comeback to soon mate..

Ok what i do is I have my xbox and a dreambox connected using these belkin jobbies..

I set a fixed IP in each of them

So my netgear router is 192.168.1.1
my pc and laptops are on dhcp and pick up whatever
My Dm has a fixed IP of 192.168.1.5
My xbox has a fixed IP of 192.168.1.7

I set these fixed ip address in their wireless gaming adapters.

If i remember rightly the software set up prog they give you is a little crap and does not save it into the belkin so well. So i did it 2 or 3 times.

I had to switch off the laptop wifi when i set it up as it was possible the router was getting confused having two devices using the same hostname etc.. The disconnected the belkin from my laptop and connected it to my xbox/dm and voila it worked.

I sed fixed ip on these as i saw no point in using dhcp due to the amount of devices i have coming on and off my network and that i wanted to port forward the device in my router to access it from the internet.

Does this make sense..?

[saj1985]

will have a read and comeback to soon mate..

Ok what i do is I have my xbox and a dreambox connected using these belkin jobbies..

I set a fixed IP in each of them

So my netgear router is 192.168.1.1
my pc and laptops are on dhcp and pick up whatever
My Dm has a fixed IP of 192.168.1.5
My xbox has a fixed IP of 192.168.1.7

I set these fixed ip address in their wireless gaming adapters.

If i remember rightly the software set up prog they give you is a little crap and does not save it into the belkin so well. So i did it 2 or 3 times.

I had to switch off the laptop wifi when i set it up as it was possible the router was getting confused having two devices using the same hostname etc.. The disconnected the belkin from my laptop and connected it to my xbox/dm and voila it worked.

I sed fixed ip on these as i saw no point in using dhcp due to the amount of devices i have coming on and off my network and that i wanted to port forward the device in my router to access it from the internet.

Does this make sense..?

it does sort of make sense!
ok, so for a start,
i'll try and copy your connections because,
i also have a netgear router with the same ip - 192.168.1.1,
so what i'll do is change the ip from dchp to a fixed ip in my gaming adapter to 192.168.1.5,
and on the openmedia box to a fixed IP of 192.168.1.5 (i'll untick dchp and it will be a fixed one exactly like your!)

so in a nutshell the ip's on the gaming adapter and on my openmedia box will be the same

now in regards to the port forwading bit confused with this bit,
do i have to put the same ip and port number
in the port forwarding page of my router to allow internet access???
what exactly do i have to do??

[caveman_nige]

The port forwarding is in your router, you forward the ip address of your box on port 80. this means that when you type in the external ip of your router the openmedia will come up with its webinterface logon. To access your router remotely you need to type the external ip and the port 8080 e.g ***.***.***.***:8080

i do not have an openmedia box so I am unsre of the capabilities etc..

Lets get your box working on your internal network first..

[saj1985]

The port forwarding is in your router, you forward the ip address of your box on port 80. this means that when you type in the external ip of your router the openmedia will come up with its webinterface logon. To access your router remotely you need to type the external ip and the port 8080 e.g ***.***.***.***:8080

i do not have an openmedia box so I am unsre of the capabilities etc..

Lets get your box working on your internal network first..

ok for a start i'm going to set the ip on my gaming adapter and the openmedia box on as a fixed ip of 192.168.1.5, which i shall do right now!

under my router page you want me to then go on port forwading,
click on add custom service call it 'openmedia',
for service type do i choose 'tcp/udp' or 'tcp' or 'udp'??
do i also put starting ports as 80 and ending ports as 80?
put the ip 192.168.1.5

am i on the right sort of lines???

[saj1985]

mate i have changed the ip on the gaming adapter to 192.168.1.5
(after a lot of ~~~~in effort!!!!!)
now on the openmedia i have also put 192.168.1.5 as the ip,
what do i put the nameserver and gateway as on the openmedia box??

p.s this is fekin doin me nut in!!!!

anyone in birmingham that can come and help??
pleaseeeeeeee!

[ianmac]

mate i have changed the ip on the gaming adapter to 192.168.1.5
(after a lot of ~~~~in effort!!!!!)
now on the openmedia i have also put 192.168.1.5 as the ip,
what do i put the nameserver and gateway as on the openmedia box??

p.s this is fekin doin me nut in!!!!

anyone in birmingham that can come and help??
pleaseeeeeeee!

I don't think you want the same ip on both, as it will clash.
Silly question, but have have enabled "wireless" on the router, and it it is on have you got anything else wireless that you can scan with, to see if you can find your router. i.e. PSP, Wii, Mobile phone, coz sometimes it is better to work backwards to see if the router is putting out a signal...

[saj1985]

I don't think you want the same ip on both, as it will clash.
Silly question, but have have enabled "wireless" on the router, and it it is on have you got anything else wireless that you can scan with, to see if you can find your router. i.e. PSP, Wii, Mobile phone, coz sometimes it is better to work backwards to see if the router is putting out a signal...

ian mate, within the gaming adapters settings you can search to see wireless connections,
and i can see my wireless connection available with the strength and encryption type next to it,
so i assume 'wireless' is enabled on my router

p.s i have not done anything with port forwarding on my router web page

[caveman_nige]

As i said before, ignore the port forwarding for now... That is for another day.

Just get your box talking to your router for now.. Put the router IP address in as the gateway, will not heard to put it in as the nameserver also.

[saj1985]

As i said before, ignore the port forwarding for now... That is for another day.

Just get your box talking to your router for now.. Put the router IP address in as the gateway, will not heard to put it in as the nameserver also.

ok nige mate,
on the openmedia box i've put the openmedia ip as 192.168.1.5,
which is the same as the gaming adapter,
i have unticked dhcp,
subnet mask is 255.255.255.0
put the gateway as 192.168.1.1
and left the nameserver as it is which is 127.0.0.1
what next?

p.s the wireless sign is flashing on the gaming adapter
i think it means its connected wirelessly,
but i could be wrong!

[caveman_nige]

can you ping it from your laptop?

[saj1985]

can you ping it from your laptop?

how do i do that?
i'm using a desktop

[caveman_nige]

start/run type cmd.. on dos window type ping 192.168.1.5

what does it say?

[saj1985]

start/run type cmd.. on dos window type ping 192.168.1.5

what does it say?

Pinging 192.168.1.5 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.5:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss)

just copied and pasted exactly what it says mate

p.s ignore what i first put in,
i edited the post

[caveman_nige]

hmmm yet you say the wifi light is now on... I am at work at the moment so cannot check mine.. reboot your devices and router (first) for good measure and when all back up try another ping...

try putting in your routet ip in the nameserver box first though, if that does not work try the reboot.

[Curious123]

As nige says don't think you can have the same ip address for the box and gaming adapter. Why don't you set them both to dhcp and see what is picked up from the router.

[saj1985]

hmmm yet you say the wifi light is now on... I am at work at the moment so cannot check mine.. reboot your devices and router (first) for good measure and when all back up try another ping...

try putting in your routet ip in the nameserver box first though, if that does not work try the reboot.

i unplugged my router and the gaming adapter and the openmedia box,
then plugged them back in,
now the wireless light on the gaming adapter has not come on at all.

i put in the nameserver as the ip router,
i rebooted and all the channels went like a greeny colour,
dont know what that was about lol.
i put the same namserver back in and rebooted all was back to normal

did the ping 192.168.1.5
same reply -
Pinging 192.168.1.5 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.5:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss)

[saj1985]

As nige says don't think you can have the same ip address for the box and gaming adapter. Why don't you set them both to dhcp and see what is picked up from the router.

sorry mate i thought he wanted them both to have the same fixed ip,
i'll set dchp on them both then

[saj1985]

ok so i've set the dhcp on for both the gaming adapter and on my openmedia box!

after i put the dhcp on the gaming adapter,
it has the following ip 192.168.1.3

i ensured the wireless gaming adapter was connected to the openmedia box and powered on,
i went on to the settings page, i ticked dhcp and then i rebooted it,
the openmedia box gave me the following details -
ip 192.168.1.5
subnet mask - 255.255.255.0
gateway - 198.162.1.1
nameserver - 127.0.0.1

to double check it is automatically giving me these details,
i manually changed the ip on openmedia to 192.168.1.4,
ensured dhcp was ticked and rebooted the openmedia box and got the same details as above -
ip 192.168.1.5
subnet mask - 255.255.255.0
gateway - 198.162.1.1
nameserver - 127.0.0.1

the wireless sign is flashing on the gaming adapter!!!!

i tried to ping 192.168.1.5 (openmedia ip) and 192.168.1.3 (gaming adapter ip) but it gives me the same 'request timed out' message

[caveman_nige]

not sure what happened here..

Dhcp is not necessary, it a 'choice', but i choose not to use it as i am not going to run out of ip addresses on my network neither are you.

therefore with my devices which had their ip addresses fixed (xbox and dm as they were not going to be on any other network) I connected the wifi gaming adapters. I left the internal networks setting of these devices the same as when they were wired.

I connected the wifi adapters using the same ip, dns (nameserver same is gateway in DM bit all zeros in xbox), gateway info as in the devices. I had to setup the wifi devices by attaching them to another laptop whoes own network connection (laptop wifi) was switched off. When i could get the laptop talking to the network using the wifi adapeter as its network connection it was done.

I enabled the web interfaces (http) in the devices so that I could log onto them using my browser.

I did not need to anything else.

bish bash bosh

[saj1985]

not sure what happened here..

Dhcp is not necessary, it a 'choice', but i choose not to use it as i am not going to run out of ip addresses on my network neither are you.

therefore with my devices which had their ip addresses fixed (xbox and dm as they were not going to be on any other network) I connected the wifi gaming adapters. I left the internal networks setting of these devices the same as when they were wired.

I connected the wifi adapters using the same ip, dns (nameserver same is gateway in DM bit all zeros in xbox), gateway info as in the devices. I had to setup the wifi devices by attaching them to another laptop whoes own network connection (laptop wifi) was switched off. When i could get the laptop talking to the network using the wifi adapeter as its network connection it was done.

I enabled the web interfaces (http) in the devices so that I could log onto them using my browser.

I did not need to anything else.

bish bash bosh

what you think i should do then mate?

getting bit fed up of it to be honest :stupid:

[caveman_nige]

i am not surprised, just do as i have done above... its all you need to do.. do not be in hurry..

I am off to catch a plane later so will not be around for a couple of weeks. read it carefully and do it as i said, be sure the wifi is working and connecting to the network with your pc before you move it to your box.. and make sure your putting in the correct wifi network key.. what level of encryption are you using on your router. I just use 128bit wep as its easier for these devices..


for the sake of setting it up, switch off your wifi security for a while, when you have the devices connecting then switch it back on..

[saj1985]

i am not surprised, just do as i have done above... its all you need to do.. do not be in hurry..

I am off to catch a plane later so will not be around for a couple of weeks. read it carefully and do it as i said, be sure the wifi is working and connecting to the network with your pc before you move it to your box.. and make sure your putting in the correct wifi network key.. what level of encryption are you using on your router. I just use 128bit wep as its easier for these devices..


for the sake of setting it up, switch off your wifi security for a while, when you have the devices connecting then switch it back on..

kewl, no worries mate,
you have a nice holiday! :manuflag:

[Curious123]

I would concentrate on getting the router and the openmedia box connected with a wired connection ftping the files before attempting the connection with the wireless adapter.

[ianmac]

I would concentrate on getting the router and the openmedia box connected with a wired connection ftping the files before attempting the connection with the wireless adapter.

Exactly.. Once you got the router to work on a wired network, then you can mess with the wireless settings,
as I said, to find out that the wireless enabled on the router by scanning it with another wireless gadget like a iphone,PSP,Wii, Mobile phone, ect
coz sometimes it is better to work backwards to see if the router is putting out a signal first...

And I still don't think you want the same ip on both, as it will clash.

When you log into the router what do you type, 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1?

[saj1985]

Exactly.. Once you got the router to work on a wired network, then you can mess with the wireless settings,
as I said, to find out that the wireless enabled on the router by scanning it with another wireless gadget like a iphone,PSP,Wii, Mobile phone, ect
coz sometimes it is better to work backwards to see if the router is putting out a signal first...

And I still don't think you want the same ip on both, as it will clash.

When you log into the router what do you type, 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1?

cut a long story short mate i had to just ftp files to my openmedia box,
i connected the crossover ethernet wire to my router then to the openmedia box,
on my openmedia box, it came with the ip of 192.162.1.5 with dchp ticked,
the gateway and newsserver was 192.162.1.1,
so i thought it seemed like it was connected to my router,
so i tried to connect in flashfxp to 192.162.1.5,
and guess what... it bloody worked! lol

i went onto start>run>cmd> pinged my openmedia ip,
and i got the following which proves its definately a correct wired connection,
from my router to the openmedia box -

Pinging 192.168.1.5 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.5: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.5: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.5: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.5: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.5:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

my router i type to get into my web interface is 192.168.1.1

wireless is enabled on my router because when i go to 'site survery' on my gaming adapter settings it searcehes,
and finds local networks i can connect too!
it actually finds about 6 and mine is one of them with the most strength

[ianmac]

cut a long story short mate i had to just ftp files to my openmedia box,
i connected the crossover ethernet wire to my router then to the openmedia box,
on my openmedia box, it came with the ip of 192.162.1.5 with dchp ticked,
the gateway and newsserver was 192.162.1.1,
so i thought it seemed like it was connected to my router,
so i tried to connect in flashfxp to 192.162.1.5,
and guess what... it bloody worked! lol

i went onto start>run>cmd> pinged my openmedia ip,
and i got the following which proves its definately a correct wired connection,
from my router to the openmedia box -

Pinging 192.168.1.5 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.5: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.5: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.5: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.5: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.5:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

my router i type to get into my web interface is 192.168.1.1

wireless is enabled on my router because when i go to 'site survery' on my gaming adapter settings it searcehes,
and finds local networks i can connect too!
it actually finds about 6 and mine is one of them with the most strength

Great, so you can ping the game adaptor with dhcp on and they are not on the same i.p.
Now log into your router 192.168.1.1 and temp dissable the security and see if you can see the game adaptor, you might also look to see if you have got an "ad hock" check box to put a tick in.
Check the game consol to see if it is working as per, then you can sort out the security again later...

[saj1985]

Great, so you can ping the game adaptor with dhcp on and they are not on the same i.p.
Now log into your router 192.168.1.1 and temp dissable the security and see if you can see the game adaptor, you might also look to see if you have got an "ad hock" check box to put a tick in.
Check the game consol to see if it is working as per, then you can sort out the security again later...

i pinged a connection to my box,
because it was a wired connection through my router,
i didn't use the gaming adapter

[ianmac]

i pinged a connection to my box,
because it was a wired connection through my router,
i didn't use the gaming adapter

Sorry my mistake I thought the game adaptor was 105, but it is 103.

Ok try this, in this order:
1, turn dhcp and dns to auto, and turn off any security for game adaptor,
2, turn dhcp and dns to auto and turn off any security for router,
3, have a look in the router settings for an "ad hock" check box if there is put a tick in it,
4, Make sure that the router has got wireless enabled to on.
5, double check that your router wireless is on, by scanning it with anything else wireless.
Then check your game consol to see if it has worked...

[saj1985]

GUESS WHAT PEEPS????

ITS BLOODY WORKING lol

can't believe i got it to work, with all of your help peeps!
which i truly appreciate! thanks!!

i have done the below,
to explain how i did the settings for those who have helped me,
and i really do hope it helps everyone! :)

this is my settings as follows -

my wireless router ip is 192.168.1.1,
(this is the ip i type in internet explorer to get into my routers user interface)

so in my belkin g wireless gaming adapter web user interface,
i did the following -
ensured the ip was 192.168.1.3, but made sure the dhcp was enabled
and made sure the gateway was 192.168.1.1 like the routers
as you can see below...
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x184/saj1985/gamingadaptersettings.jpg

so i wasn't sure if it really changed my ip address so i put the installation cd in,
and followed the setup until it detected my gaming adapter,
which as you can see, shows me the ip of 192.168.1.3, which tells me its worked
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x184/saj1985/gmingadapterinstallationpicture.jpg

i then connected my gaming adapter to my openmedia box,
i went into the settings page,
ensured dhcp was ticked,
the nameserver was already as 192.168.1.1,
so i changed the gateway also to 192.168.1.1 which is the same as the routers,
saved it and rebooted.
once it loaded up it gave the the following ip 192.168.1.5,
as you can see...
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x184/saj1985/openmediasettings.png

so in a nutshell my router ip 192.168.1.1,
my gaming adapter ip 192.168.1.3
and openmedia ip 192.168.1.5
and dhcp is enabled.

all works fine!

anyways thanks again peeps!

p.s now to play around with vlc/streaming and all :manutop: