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I'm a newbie at networking, but have a have 4 port router and ADSL modem with dynamic IP working. Now I need to add a Wireless Access Point for my wife's laptop. The laptop is working fine, it's already leeching off some neighbour's open link. But I'd like to have my own setup. I bought an oldish Wireless Access Point. The manual, and all the setup files as on the CDR, can be found: AP111B manual (the original manufacturer's site is long gone). I'm having trouble with the terminology. TFA says(page 23): What is an "ethernet station"? The PC or the router? The "hub" I assume is the router. Anyway: I have a PC, a 4-port router, the WAP, an ADSL modem. What do I plug in where at this point? The final arrangement is obvious enough, plugging the WAP to one of the LAN ports of the router, but in this configuration step it seems to be saying to do something else to set its initial IP. The router gateway is at 192.168.1.1; the PC is assigned 192.168.1.21, netmask 255.255.255.1 Default WAP IP is 192.168.0.1, which looks like it needs to be changed (to what, exactly?) to be compatible. Also, I'm having trouble installing the "SNMP manager" software. Is this generic, or manufacturer specific? If generic, what alternatives are there? Thanks greatly for any hints...

EDIT: SOLVED. See PS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm trying to install the software for an (old) wireless access point in Win2ksp4. Every time I do, the install aborts with a mesage: "1608: Unable to Create InstallDriver Instance" This led me to this page:InstallShield KB However, after following all the advice and reinstalls, I get no further. I checked COM permissions, MS networking (WTF?) and every other thing. BUT, I can install the software on both Win98 and WinXP machines without a glitch. But I need it on my Win2k machine. Is there a way to manually install? I used "InControl5" when installing it in Win98, it listed hundreds of registry changes, so just copying files won't work. The complete installation files are here ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PS: I forgot the Cardinal Rule: If it first it don't work, reboot. I think it was adding "Microsoft Networking" to my network card protocols that did the trick; insane as it seems. Though immediately trying the install failed, after a reboot it did work. I leave this here just in case anyone else is searching for solutions.

Mystery solved -- a screensaver. The "Channel" screen saver in particular. My daughter has been naggin ne about how boring my plain brown desktop is, seems she tried to customise it. Time to work out separate user accounts I think.

I keep finding my desktop covered by a screen with a flower-like logo in the middle, and a label "Microsoft Active Channels". I have no idea where this came from; I suspect my daughter has clicked on something. Googling tells me it's some kind of obsolete web-push technology. Descriptions are either uselessly vague or uselessly over-technical (for me). I can just close it, but how do I get rid of it permanently? What is it doing, is it possibly dangerous, a vector for turning my pc (Win2k) into a zombie.... I have IE 5 installed, but never use it purposely, I use Opera and Firefox for browsing. I'll try to grab a screenshot and add it later.