"access denied" error installing wireless wpn111 netgear rangemax

I use to have a wired 54mps netgear router on another computer but bought a new computer and netgear router and I'm trying to make the old computer have access to high speed cable through a wireless adapter.

I have a wireless netgear 108 mps on my main computer and I bought a wireless wpn111 netgear rangemax for the old computer.

I tried to installed the Cd and I received access denied with an error code of c:\docume~1\Rose\LOCALS~1\Temp\{582E9125-32B6-4CBA-AB48-3E33CE3DB389}\isrt.dll could not be installed. I downloaded two different drivers from netgear support and got the same error with the different drivers.

I am able to get the netgear program up but it won't access the router which the program shows me as giving a 75% range. Yet only 1 mps for access.

I called netgear tech support - they told me it was a windows problem and to get with my computer mfg. Well the old computer is 5 1/2 years old so that is out. I have 2.26 intel cpu with win xp sp2 installed and 1 gig memory. I just want to run it for email. Any suggestions on I what I can do to resolve the problem? I tried turning off the firewall and anti virus but that didn't help. I'm using CA suite (computer assoicate virus suite).

I'm supprised that the install didn't work since the original netgear router pf 54meg installation I had no problem with but then I had a wired connection.

Another thought - Is there anyway I can make the 54 netgear router become a wireless router? I tried but it kept looking for the internet connection and told me I had to be wired to the internet.

Thanks
Rose

 

Sounds complex
Life should be simple
You can create a network from one wifi machine to another is called a "peer to peer" or "ad hoc network "

You may have to switch " allow this computer to share its internet" to share the internet, otherwise you will have a connection between the two computers but not internet connection.

You may want to use the wireless utility that comes with the cards rather than the scaled down windows wireless utility

In start > run > services.msc
turn off (disable) windows wireless utility


http://compnetworking.about.com/od/wireless/ht/setupadhocwifi.htm

note: these numbers of 54 or 108 are fantasy island. They refer to the maximum transfer speed between the two wireless adpters.

First even an older b card runs faster than most intenet broadband connections. Second real speeds at best are only half of stated, due to overhead. Lastly speed drops rapidly with distance; guess the faster speeds are of use if transferring large files

Get a router on sale, any brand is o.k., much easier

 

Can you clarify a comment for me. When you said to use cards rather than the scaled down windows wireless utility. I was under the impression that you can only use a network router adapter for a desktop computer. I did a search in google and did find PCI wireless network cards.

I also didn't know windows had a wireless utility. I will attempt to try that feature and see what happens. If it doesn't work then I will try one more time on uninstalling and reinstalling the adapter software and if I continue to get the same errors I'm going to return the netgear adapter and buy a pci slot wireless card.

Thanks for the information
Rose

 

I think you need to understand what the different components are in your wireless network first so we can work out what you are trying to do.

This is a guide to wireless networking that will give you a lot of information about the system:

http://www.niace.org.uk/Research/ICT/WON/Guide-to-Wireless-Networking.pdf

First, your network is not your router. A router is one network device that connects one network to another. So if you have a typical wireless router, it will connect your wireless and cable internal networks to the Internet (which is simply a very large network). The wireless network comprises all the wireless devices that are connected to the network.

To connect to your wireless network, your computer must have a wireless network card. There is no such thing as a router card. A wireless network card generates its own wireless signal with which it can connect to other wireless devices within range. Those devices can be another PC with a wireless card, a dedicated wireless hardware device (called a wireless access point - AP), or a router with its own wireless in-built adapter.

With the latest laptops a wireless card is often built into the motherboard. However, with older and current cheap laptops, a PCMCIA is typically used. Wireless PCMCIA are the commonest wireless adapters. However, most desktop PCs do not have a PCMCIA slot. For them you either need a wireless PCI card or a USB wireless adapter (which will also work in laptops). USB is probably the simplest.

So to start with you need to get your wireless network adapter (USB or PCI) working with Windows in a way that makes it easy for it to communicate with the router via the wireless network. So there should be a CD with drivers specifically for the wireless adapter. There will be instructions with the adapter as to how to install the adapter and load the drivers.

Once the wireless adapter is in and working, then use the CD that came with the router to set up the router.