Kate Brown wrote:
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!


Kate,

If I resolve this I most definately will let you know, I've saved your
e-mail address.

What I find extremly intresting is you have an almost identical list of
equipment and settings to myself.
1. Demon account
2. Solwise adsl router.
3. Toshiba Laptop (Only my daughters has a Linksys PCMIA Card)
4. Exactly the same symptoms. Connected, but nothing happens.

Indidentally...
My daughters laptop upstairs is currently connected fine on Channel 11,
(67%), as I just did some
updates. Infact it is picking up 2 signals, mine 'Linksys' and another
'Chan 1'
which is actually on Channel 6. (37%)I can even see their MAC address.
Someone in the area. So it does work
with the Linksys card. The IP address I having thoughts about and I
still don't understand the DCHP bit, I played
around with that this morning and lost the lot, had to reset the Linksys
Access Point.

Sorry to the rest of you for being off-topic, but I've had more joy from
here than alt.internet.wireless. Thankyou for that :-)

--
Keith (Southend)

'Weather Home & Abroad'
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