That is kinda weird alright. I was trynna setup my brothers BT broadband with the Zyxtel router in his house a few days ago and did it upstairs with a laptop. The main computer was downstairs (with wireless) and it couldnt find it. Then when I plugged it in directly with ethernet to the downstairs computer, and went into the setup (ie. going to 192.168.1.1 or something in a browser) it's been able to find it wirelessly since.
Maybe it has to be "paired" with it first or something - like the router keeps a record of "friendly" computers (ie ones it's met already)?
So maybe BT has them setup so the signal is hidden until paired?
Thats just my take on it. |