Matchless Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 I have had ADSL since November and I ordered a Wi-Fi card at the same time as the Freebox from free.fr. I now wish to configure the box. Now although I speak reasonable French, for my age I have more trouble reading anything technical that has to be exact. The details are on the Free.fr web site but I'm sure I will get it wrong.I have load the software on my laptop for the Belkin Wireless G Notebook card.Can anyone give me a breakdown 'idiot board' for configuring the box?Matchless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulcrum Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 MatchlessI'm sure someone may know exactly how to do it but you could in the meantime have a look on Google. There are probably loads of forums on Belkin Wireless G Notebook card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matchless Posted March 19, 2007 Author Share Posted March 19, 2007 Thanks for that. It's not the Belkin that's the problem it is the configuration of the Freebox.Just the same, thankyou for your reply.Matchless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesLauriers Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 To configure your Freebox.Go to www.free.frClick into Espace abonnésEnter your Identifiant and mot de passe (phone number and password)Go to the box bottom right marked FONCTIONNALITÉS OPTIONNELLESClick into Fonctionnalitiés de la Freebox (Wifi)Click into Fonction Wifi: configurerClick the box at the top marked ActiverEnter a name for your wifi (anything at all) (matchless?)Click on WEP Either enter a key (password) or click générer and one will be generated for you.Write down the name you gave your wifi and the key provided you will need these later.Click Envoyer and that's it.Switch off your Freebox at the mains, insert the card and switch on again. With a bit of luck it will work - I just could not get the Belkin card to work but it works well on any laptop with built in wifi. When the laptop picks up the wifi enter the key and that should be you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Belkin wifi stuff sometimes has a little problem. It works absolutley brilliantly with other Belkin kit but will sometimes stubbonly refuse to talk to other makes of kit. Not always and you could be OK. After all, Freebox don't actually make their boxes and may source their chips from the same place as Belkin. I tend to use Netgear these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matchless Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share Posted March 21, 2007 Thank you Leslauriers,Sorry for the delay in responding. I'll try to give it a go and hope for the best. The laptop I have is a four year old Compaq M300 with a new Belkin card so I hope that end will work.I'll try it later.Thank you once again.Matchless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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