Wi Fi Access??
Submitted: Wednesday, Sep 06, 2006 at 16:22
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Member - Phantom (WA)
Hi,
I just got thinking after following another recent thread about broadband access.
I have a wireless broadband at home for the Laptop which is just fantastic. I recently purchased a new Nikon Camera which has Wi Fi whatever, so you download photos to the laptop or printer remotely. I have been trying unsuccessfully to hook it up so it works but to no avail. I just realized from comments below that I might not have the right gear.
Can anyone throw any light on it for me?
Steve
Reply By: Member - Boo Boo (NSW) - Wednesday, Sep 06, 2006 at 19:30
Wednesday, Sep 06, 2006 at 19:30
Steve, after my last effort and comment on this subject I think I'll just sit back and watch.
I normally talk to the bearded geek ( my son) about these matters that the answers can only be found in the outer universe.
Regards Bob
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Follow Up By: Member - Phantom (WA) - Wednesday, Sep 06, 2006 at 19:59
Wednesday, Sep 06, 2006 at 19:59
Bob,
I guess from the number of responses I got, I think it migt be us that are from another planet.This stuff is out of my league.
I originally thought it was bluetooth (like my SWMBO's CDMA). Then someone told me it was Wireless. Ah great, says I, I have that. No wrong again.
I guess I will have to keep plugging the cable in like the olden days.
Steve
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Follow Up By: Member - Boo Boo (NSW) - Wednesday, Sep 06, 2006 at 20:03
Wednesday, Sep 06, 2006 at 20:03
Steve I'll contact my son (michael) and see if he can help
Bob
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Follow Up By: Member - Phantom (WA) - Wednesday, Sep 06, 2006 at 20:20
Wednesday, Sep 06, 2006 at 20:20
Bob,
Thanks for that. Here is a quote from the Nikon site which may help in interpreting what I have. I don't now how to find out if my Laptop has this capability.
"the COOLPIX P1 and COOLPIX P2 add the advantage of built-in Wi-Fi LAN support (IEEE802.11b/g) to realize new picture-taking potential that does away with the need for wires and cables. In addition to USB connectivity, wireless transfer allows the photographer to send pictures from the memory card or the camera’s internal memory (32MB for the COOLPIX P1; 16MB for the COOLPIX P2) direct to a selected computer on command. Wireless shooting automatically transfers each picture to a selected computer as soon as it is shot and can be viewed with Nikon’s powerful, yet fun-to-use and easy PictureProject software. And wireless printing delivers the convenience of cable-free direct printing to PictBridge-compatible printers."
By the way I have the P1.
Thanks, Steve
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Reply By: Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses - Wednesday, Sep 06, 2006 at 20:09
Wednesday, Sep 06, 2006 at 20:09
Steve, Heather has a Nikon like that too and it has been able to download photos by wireless once. I find it just as easy to plug the SD card directly into a SD card slot rather than wait for the wireless to work. When you set up the software it as to be able to access the camera to the laptop USB port directly as I understand it and not though any USB hub. Pretty finickie at that apparently but I have only seen that written up in the paper, not the manual
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Follow Up By: Member - Phantom (WA) - Wednesday, Sep 06, 2006 at 20:30
Wednesday, Sep 06, 2006 at 20:30
Thanks John, I am inclined to agree. It is just that it is annoying to have all this fancy gear and not be able to use it.
Steve
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Reply By: Member - Boo Boo (NSW) - Wednesday, Sep 06, 2006 at 20:14
Wednesday, Sep 06, 2006 at 20:14
Steve
I don't know if this wil work but I'll ty and copy my sons first reply.
he can either post his nikon model to give me a idea of the specs, and define wireless broadband, (eg is it adsl like yours just wireless in the home) or is it a big ariel on the roof , a little bunny modem that can be put anywhere , or a little card he puts on his laptop that can be used anywhere?
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Follow Up By: Member - Phantom (WA) - Wednesday, Sep 06, 2006 at 20:23
Wednesday, Sep 06, 2006 at 20:23
Bob, It looks like we were typing at the same time.
Additional info: I have a Wireless Firewall Router NB5540 for the laptop at home only. I am on broadband internet.
Hope this is enough for the bearded wonder!
Steve
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Reply By: Member - Andrew W (SA) - Wednesday, Sep 06, 2006 at 20:20
Wednesday, Sep 06, 2006 at 20:20
I suspect you will need a wireless access point for it to work, I think you will find - I don't think two wireless devices can talk without that, but I may be wrong.
These are the sort of things (wireless routers and stuff) that tend to come packaged with ADSL modems, for instance.
You may need to configure security for it to work properly.
Anyway, the instructions are available online:
Site Link
I'm not sure what comments you are referring to.
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Reply By: Member - Boo Boo (NSW) - Wednesday, Sep 06, 2006 at 20:24
Wednesday, Sep 06, 2006 at 20:24
steve
here is michaels reply
tell him to check if it support adhoc mode
Beardedgeek says:
it's wi-fi without a access point
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Follow Up By: Member - Boo Boo (NSW) - Wednesday, Sep 06, 2006 at 20:29
Wednesday, Sep 06, 2006 at 20:29
here is a bit more
Sif his laptop is modern(<2yrs) it should have onboard wi-fi , can't set up one off the top of my head but if he looks into it supporting ad-hoc wifi then it's a start
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but johnr might have the best idea just using a sd card reader
Beardedgeek says:
or the usb cable
Beardedgeek says:
wi-fi isn't really designed for that kinda thing, Beardedgeek says:
ahh ok if he's got adsl at home with the wifi point.
Beardedgeek says:
theres probly a menu item on the camera to connect, he'll probly just need the ssid of his home network and any passwords he's setup (he has got wep/wpa enabled hasn't he!
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