In article , dated Sat, 23 Jul
2005, "Keith (Southend)" wrote

I have it on:
Mixed mode
SSID Broadcast: enabled
Wireless Security: Disabled
Channel 11

Still my notebook sees it, with excellent strength, it's connected. but
still I can download nothing!

It was when I tried to set up things manually and enable dhcp that I
lost the http link to the access point.


I know very little of these things and am following this discussion with
great interest. We've got a rather old Linksys wireless hub, linked to
a Solwise ADSL modem, and two or three various machines connected to it
- a desktop and laptop with Linksys cards, and a Toshiba laptop with
built-in card. The system has been up and running now for three years
and is incredibly stable, it only ever falls over if Demon does so
first. However, it's so antique that we dare not change anything in the
way it runs, which doesn't use DCHP, but relies on each component in the
network identifying itself with a fixed IP address (via TCP/IP dialogue
on the computer. We are all running XP).

This means in practice, though, that I don't seem ever to be able to get
into any other networks (for example, those at cafes or stations) - I
can see the network and am apparently connected to it, but like you,
cannot download anything or see the network home page.

I suppose it must be something to do with the DCHP/ fixed internal IP
address thingy? At any rate, if you can solve your problem, Keith, I
may be able to solve mine too!






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