wireless... well wtf?

[Spooner]

Installed wireless card.
Installed drivers.
Card sees network.
Card won't connect to said network.

What gives?

 

[Spooner]

card is also the same card and set up the same way as my roommate's, who lives 20 feet away

 

[PunDogg]

just try re-installing it

Dogg

 

[vi edit]

what os?

If win2k or Xp, click - start - run - type in "cmd"

when command prompt comes up type in "ipconfig"

Should have(or something similar):

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.XXX
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

If you have all zeros in there, then you need to do "ipconfig /renew" and see if you get a DHCP address
If you have 169.XXX.XXX in there, then you have some issues with your router assigning DHCP

 

[Eli]

Un/reinstall TCP/IP?

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

1) Wrong forum.
2) Are you sure you typed in the WEP encryption key correctly? Further, are you using the connection software that came with the card instead of the built in windows software? (that can screw things up pretty badly)

 

[dartworth]

run you running WinXP?

 

[fs5]

re-install winxp, fixes everything.

 

[dartworth]

Originally posted by: fivespeed5
re-install winxp, fixes everything.

😕

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: jfano

Originally posted by: fivespeed5
re-install winxp, fixes everything.

😕

at least that's what pindar at dell tech support tells me!

:beer:

 

[NogginBoink]

1) ensure WEP is configured correctly.
2) ensure the WAP is not MAC constrained
3) on WinXP, disable the Wireless Zero Configuration service

 

[dartworth]

Originally posted by: fivespeed5

Originally posted by: jfano

Originally posted by: fivespeed5
re-install winxp, fixes everything.

😕

at least that's what pindar at dell tech support tells me!

:beer:

Yes you are correct. Sandeep told me the same thing when my 8500 kept freezing...

 

[aircooled]

Turn WEP off completly for initial setup. Get 'er up and running first, then tackle WEP.

Right click on the icon in the sys tray and "accept" the connection.

 

[Spooner]

Hmmm... the plot thickens..... turns out all of us that could connect in the house were actually connecting to our neighbor's network.

I'm guessing problem with our wireless router?

 

[dartworth]

make sure wireless part is turned on

run netstumbler to see if your network shows up...

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: Spooner
Hmmm... the plot thickens..... turns out all of us that could connect in the house were actually connecting to our neighbor's network.

I'm guessing problem with our wireless router?

What's the SSID of your network?

 

[Spooner]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: Spooner
Hmmm... the plot thickens..... turns out all of us that could connect in the house were actually connecting to our neighbor's network.
I'm guessing problem with our wireless router?

What's the SSID of your network?

We put in "ANY" as our SSID? I'm guessing that's wrong?

We use a Netgear MR814v2 router.

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: Spooner

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: Spooner
Hmmm... the plot thickens..... turns out all of us that could connect in the house were actually connecting to our neighbor's network.
I'm guessing problem with our wireless router?

What's the SSID of your network?

We put in "ANY" as our SSID? I'm guessing that's wrong?

We use a Netgear MR814v2 router.

dude, just cancel your connection and leech off your neighbors! free internet :beer:!

 

[Indolent]

Originally posted by: Spooner

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: Spooner
Hmmm... the plot thickens..... turns out all of us that could connect in the house were actually connecting to our neighbor's network.
I'm guessing problem with our wireless router?

What's the SSID of your network?

We put in "ANY" as our SSID? I'm guessing that's wrong?

We use a Netgear MR814v2 router.

it's only wrong if your router has a different ssid set on it. Check that. It might be called network name in the netgear router interface, I'm not sure.

 

[Stark]

Originally posted by: aircooled
Turn WEP off completly for initial setup. Get 'er up and running first, then tackle WEP.

Right click on the icon in the sys tray and "accept" the connection.

winner

 

[Spooner]

We set the router's SSID different and tried connecting from my laptop.

Windows says I'm connected at full strength, and yet I can't connect to any websites.

 

[fs5]

check that you have an IP. if the DHCP server is ON on the router then it should give you a dynamic IP. if you have a private ip (usually 169.xxxxxxxxx) then you don't have an IP from the router. In which case you need to set a static IP in the same subnet as the router.

 

[Savij]

go to the router's admin pages and check if dhcp is enabled for the WAN connection.