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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?
Stressed Onion Fronds
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Make sure you have DHCP enabled on the wireless card.
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Ok, DHCP is enabled. IP address is being got automatically, and so is DNS.
What next?
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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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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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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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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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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
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xp problems
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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try your usb thing in the other comp, see if it works.
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Are you able to connect to any of the other wireless networks?
You say 5 are open? Give that a try.
Also check if the firmware on the Belkin is up-to-date. There used to be ass't compatibility issues between various mfg'ers a couple of years back, but it's gotten a lot better with 802.11g. I've got an old SMC 802.11b card that didn't play well with either a D-Link router in my local bakery and a Netgear router I picked up from a client. Updating the firmware on the Netgear router fixed my problem.
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Yes can connect to others, just not the one we pay for
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how do you know this is his network
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Because I set it up, and have all the other computers connected fine to it - One mac, one windows 2000 and another XP machine. Just this one XP machine. I have named the network, and not broadcast it. DHCP is enabled, Ip address is set to get automatically so is DNS and there is no mac filtering, though I have got the firewall on typical. What else do I have to do? I can see the network there, but can't connect to it.
Why not, what else needs configuring?
Freakin Frond
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Did you set sufficient addresses in DHCP to support the number of computers you have connected?
Tell the router to broadcast the SSID/ESSID. You don't need to hide it and it can affect connectivity...
Other than that I'm running out of ideas...
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Hi just thought I would give feedback on this one, and I think I have cracked it.
I had LMHOST ticked, and as soon as I unticked it, up popped the net as happy as can be. Can anyone tell me exactly what it does, I get the impression that it is kinda outdated now, and why I had it enabled in the first place is a bit of an anomalie to me to be honest.
Fracking up