Hi Keith
as others have mentioned DHCP is the easy way to go, when you say you
lost the connection when you tried switching to it this morning, did you
just switch, to "Obtain an IP address automatically" and "Obtain DNS server
address automatically" on the computer? You'll need to check if DHCP is
active on the wireless access point, as this would explain the complete loss
this morning. I would try and ping a few addresses to see how far you can
communicate, go to the 'run' command and type CMD. Then type PING and the
address of the router 168.****. Then try PING 212.58.224.81. Then try PING
www.bbc.co.uk. If you've got another computer attached to the router, try
pinging that IP address as well. This should tell you if you've got access
across your LAN and if you've got access to the WAN. If your running XP is
it home or pro? I would also look at XP SP2 causing problems, especially
windows firewall, even if you disable it in one window, it still runs on the
connection unless you knock it off again in 'advanced'. Can you see "view
status of this connection", when in network connections? If so what is the
state of packets sent and received? Have you run the Wireless network setup
wizard?
Hope that gets you further on in resolving your problems.
Regards
Azz
"Keith (Southend)" wrote in message
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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'
http://www.southendweather.net