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.

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.

Yes can connect to others, just not the one we pay for

how do you know this is his network

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

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...

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