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  1. March 19th, 2006, 06:08 PM #1
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    Wireless nightmare

    Hi guys,

    I hope this is simple, basically, I have moved house to somewhere that has a Blekin wireless router. It is open and not encrypted. (Deal with this later)

    I have an xp machine, with a USB wireless dongle, and in the network scans, up comes 6 networks, of which 5 are open, and one of these is the lovely network I want to connect to, with a strong signal and everything, but when I click connect, it just won't.

    the network says "On Demand" and there is a star next to it with full signal.

    What have I not done to make this connect?


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  2. March 19th, 2006, 06:50 PM #2
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    Make sure you have DHCP enabled on the wireless card.
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  3. March 19th, 2006, 07:40 PM #3
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    Ok, DHCP is enabled. IP address is being got automatically, and so is DNS.

    What next?
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  4. March 19th, 2006, 07:57 PM #4
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    also, how do you connect to the router, I always thought it was 192.168.0.1, but that doesn't work, what else could it be, it is a Belkin Router?
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  6. March 19th, 2006, 07:59 PM #5
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    Usually for belkin its 192.168.2.1

    take a look at what is your default gateway - it will be the same thing!If you get connected to it that is!
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  7. March 20th, 2006, 02:24 AM #6
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    This is still very strange, as I have another XP machine that seems to be configured exactly the same that does get on the net fine and dandy.

    What else could be the problem?
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  8. March 20th, 2006, 02:28 AM #7
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    Log on to the router with the Xp box and check the settings - look for any MAC address filtering or IP restrictions.
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  9. March 20th, 2006, 03:47 AM #8
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    Checked that too, and I checked to see that the wireless contraption was working properly.

    It just has a little red x on it. It picks it up, but refuses to connect.

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  11. March 20th, 2006, 05:29 AM #9
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    Hm......I'm thinking it is the usb dongle @ fault.

    1. If you are using the client manager to connect to the network, do you have Windows Wireless Configuration disabled? vice versa.

    2. Reinstall the drivers to the card. What happens then?
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  12. March 20th, 2006, 05:49 AM #10
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    try your usb thing in the other comp, see if it works.
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