Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2010 January 31

= 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  &#9742;  20:05, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 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)

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)
 * 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)