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Please can anyone help me with the problem. I have a Trendnet router connected by Ethernet to my desktop PC and whilst I can pickup the signal on my iPad in the lounge I am unable to get the WD to see the router. If I can't do it this way then I will have to have a cable installed in the attic. BTW I live in a townhouse and the room with the router is next to the lounge, one wall away.
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Connect WD Live to Trendnet wifi router
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Please can anyone help me with the problem. I have a Trendnet router connected by Ethernet to my desktop PC and whilst I can pickup the signal on my iPad in the lounge I am unable to get the WD to see the router. If I can't do it this way then I will have to have a cable installed in the attic. BTW I live in a townhouse and the room with the router is next to the lounge, one wall away.
HapticSimian
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Your router isn't set to the 5GHz band by any chance, is it?
Check the region settings. My dell computer shipped with a wifi card with only USA region setting... took some work to get it to connect to ZA legal frequencies...
Both the AP and the client/station need to be in the same region, or the AP might broadcast on "illegal" frequency for the region of the client/station.
Both the AP and the client/station need to be in the same region, or the AP might broadcast on "illegal" frequency for the region of the client/station.
Tim the Techxpert
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Hi There,
I would suggest the cable route. Not that getting the wireless to work is not important but a cable will give you a better throughput. I would also not go through the attic.
Why not drill a whole through at floor level and run a cable through putting a LAN connection box in at either side of the wall.
Regards
Tim
I would suggest the cable route. Not that getting the wireless to work is not important but a cable will give you a better throughput. I would also not go through the attic.
Why not drill a whole through at floor level and run a cable through putting a LAN connection box in at either side of the wall.
Regards
Tim