Cannot get Linksys Wireless A+G Notebook Card to Work Properly

[MrAce72]

Okay, I purchased both the Linksys notebook adapter noted in the subject, as well at the Wireless G Broadband Router.

I have a static IP address through Adelphia and have correctly programmed the router with my static IP, subnet mask, default gateway, and DNS entries. Everything on my desktop PC works fine. I even changed the physical MAC ID to the router's MAC address with Adelphia.

I cannot seem to get the notebook adapter card to work correctly. I have a Compac Evo N600v with Windows 2000 on it.

I have 128 WEP enabled and am matching the correct keys. I can get the notebook adapter card to display two solid green lights and I can also get the Linksys toolbar to acknowledge the connection, but I always see a message that the internet cannot be found.

I have tried playing with the settings within the profile for my adapter card connection to try both manually entering the same IP information as well as auto detecting IP informatio, etc., but no luck.

My laptop is a bit modified by my company, but I don't think that would impact anything.

I doubt I have a bad adapter card. I'm wondering if I am having signal problems because I have a 5.8gHz phone in the house, a 2.4 gHz baby monitor, wireless keyboard and mouse, etc.

Here are some more interesting symptoms. I just booted up the laptop again and was able to access the router but again say a message that the internet cannot be found. Then, the screen message switched to Cannot associate with access point....

This is strange..

ANy thoughts on what is going on? Thanks!

 

[gunrunnerjohn]

802.11a and 802.11g do not interoperate, so you'll never get a connection between them! 802.11b and 802.11g interoperate, though at the slower rate of 802.11b.

 

[Carp1812]

Up until this:

Originally posted by: MrAce72
Here are some more interesting symptoms. I just booted up the laptop again and was able to access the router but again say a message that the internet cannot be found. Then, the screen message switched to Cannot associate with access point....

it sounded like a DNS issue. When you manually specified the IP address of the laptop card, did you use an IP address that's not in the DHCP pool of the router? The router may not like that. Also, did you manually enter the DNS information correctly? Try using the IP address of the router as the DNS when manually configuring the laptop card. Can you ping other machines on your network with the laptop?

 

[gunrunnerjohn]

Well, if he really has 801.11a and 802.11g, they'll never successfully talk. If they do, that's not what he's running.

 

[Carp1812]

Originally posted by: gunrunnerjohn
Well, if he really has 801.11a and 802.11g, they'll never successfully talk. If they do, that's not what he's running.

I don't see where you're getting this. The original title of the thread says "wireless a+g notebook card" and in his first post he says he bought a wireless g router. If the card does both and the router broadcasts a "g" signal, he should be fine.