Can't connect new laptop to wireless access point

robphillips79

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May 19, 2004
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Hello,

We have a Netgear WG602 wireless access point that a co-worker has used without a problem for a while. Another co-worker recently bought a new laptop with a built-in wireless card (uses a bridge with a nic). We cannot seem to get him to be authenticated on the access point. When I go into the access point, it sees him, but in the station list it says "associated". I'm not sure what that means. He can see the wireless access point from his laptop, but it doesn't allow him to go through it and obtain an IP from our DHCP provider. I have disabled WEP, and the only security feature is that I allow connections through MAC address, in which I have his entered to allow, so that should not be an issue.

Any ideas here? Thanks.
 

JackMDS

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I do not know what Bridges Wireless card means.

I do not think it is a Wireless issue. Could be that the bridging allows only a specific IP.

It seems that his Network configuration on the Laptop does not allow obtaining IP from the AP DHCP. Look at the way the network setting in the Laptop is set to obtain an IP.

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