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?


Stressed Onion Fronds

Make sure you have DHCP enabled on the wireless card.

Ok, DHCP is enabled. IP address is being got automatically, and so is DNS.

What next?

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?

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!

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?

Log on to the router with the Xp box and check the settings - look for any MAC address filtering or IP restrictions.

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.

Fruuuuurp

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?

try your usb thing in the other comp, see if it works.