I'm afraid this is completely off-topic, but I'm running out of ideas.
Not had a response from alt.internet.wireless.

I recently bought an Acer Notebook to use when I'm working away and on
holiday. One of the main considerations was to have a number of Internet
connecting options, eg: LAN, 56k modem, blue-tooth, wi-fi.

1. I have successfully added it to my adsl router port 4 and been able
to do all the windows updates etc and surfed the net etc.
2. My second option is wi-fi. Now I've tried to connect to my Linksys
Wireless-G Access Point and all appeared fine at first ,saying excellent
connection 54.0Bps. Yet I am not recieving anything through it, no web
sites. I tried turning the firewall off, which made no difference. I
currently have it unencrypted. My daughter laptop works fine with it,
she does have a Linksys PCAI.. card fitted.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong, or what I may have overlooked.

My final option, which I haven't got all the bits for yet, is GPRS
through a mobile phone, I'll tackle that obstical when I've got over
this one g

Many thanks
--
Keith (Southend)

'Weather Home & Abroad'
http://www.southendweather.net

Keith (Southend) wrote:
I'm afraid this is completely off-topic, but I'm running out of ideas.
Not had a response from alt.internet.wireless.

Hello Keith,

I haven't used Wi-Fi before, so I'm approaching the subject from a wired
hub. A few suggestions:

As your wireless access point assigned an IP address to your laptop
through DHCP?

Is the access point in the centre of the network and your laptop in line
of sight?

Make sure that WEP keys and levels are the same on your computer and the
access point.

HTH

Joe
Wolverhampton



I recently bought an Acer Notebook to use when I'm working away and on
holiday. One of the main considerations was to have a number of Internet
connecting options, eg: LAN, 56k modem, blue-tooth, wi-fi.

1. I have successfully added it to my adsl router port 4 and been able
to do all the windows updates etc and surfed the net etc.
2. My second option is wi-fi. Now I've tried to connect to my Linksys
Wireless-G Access Point and all appeared fine at first ,saying excellent
connection 54.0Bps. Yet I am not recieving anything through it, no web
sites.



I tried turning the firewall off, which made no difference. I
currently have it unencrypted. My daughter laptop works fine with it,
she does have a Linksys PCAI.. card fitted.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong, or what I may have overlooked.

My final option, which I haven't got all the bits for yet, is GPRS
through a mobile phone, I'll tackle that obstical when I've got over
this one g

Many thanks

Keith (Southend) wrote:
I'm afraid this is completely off-topic, but I'm running out of ideas.
Not had a response from alt.internet.wireless.

I recently bought an Acer Notebook to use when I'm working away and on
holiday. One of the main considerations was to have a number of Internet
connecting options, eg: LAN, 56k modem, blue-tooth, wi-fi.

1. I have successfully added it to my adsl router port 4 and been able
to do all the windows updates etc and surfed the net etc.
2. My second option is wi-fi. Now I've tried to connect to my Linksys
Wireless-G Access Point and all appeared fine at first ,saying excellent
connection 54.0Bps. Yet I am not recieving anything through it, no web
sites. I tried turning the firewall off, which made no difference. I
currently have it unencrypted. My daughter laptop works fine with it,
she does have a Linksys PCAI.. card fitted.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong, or what I may have overlooked.

My final option, which I haven't got all the bits for yet, is GPRS
through a mobile phone, I'll tackle that obstical when I've got over
this one g

Many thanks


Has it got an ip address?? (in XP open a dos box and type in ipconfig -
if it's a 169.x.x.x ip then it's wrong - in ME/98 then start-run-winipcfg)

I take it the router is configured for a class C network range
(192.168.0.x / subnet 255.255.255.0) Gateway is the ip address of the
router. DNS *may* be the ip address of the router or it may be the ip
address of your isp's dns.

Make sure dhcp is enabled for the laptop's card. You may have to tweek
the wireless card on the laptop. I've heard linksys routers sometimes
don't like non-linksys cards....

can you see the other pcs on your local lan??

Les
--
Les Crossan,
Wallsend, Tyne & Wear
54.95N 1.5W
Home of the Wallsend StormCam and the Backup USW FAQ -
www.uksevereweather.org.uk

Les Crossan wrote:


Keith (Southend) wrote:

I'm afraid this is completely off-topic, but I'm running out of ideas.
Not had a response from alt.internet.wireless.

I recently bought an Acer Notebook to use when I'm working away and on
holiday. One of the main considerations was to have a number of
Internet connecting options, eg: LAN, 56k modem, blue-tooth, wi-fi.

1. I have successfully added it to my adsl router port 4 and been able
to do all the windows updates etc and surfed the net etc.
2. My second option is wi-fi. Now I've tried to connect to my Linksys
Wireless-G Access Point and all appeared fine at first ,saying
excellent connection 54.0Bps. Yet I am not recieving anything through
it, no web sites. I tried turning the firewall off, which made no
difference. I currently have it unencrypted. My daughter laptop works
fine with it, she does have a Linksys PCAI.. card fitted.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong, or what I may have overlooked.

My final option, which I haven't got all the bits for yet, is GPRS
through a mobile phone, I'll tackle that obstical when I've got over
this one g

Many thanks



Has it got an ip address?? (in XP open a dos box and type in ipconfig -
if it's a 169.x.x.x ip then it's wrong - in ME/98 then start-run-winipcfg)

I take it the router is configured for a class C network range
(192.168.0.x / subnet 255.255.255.0) Gateway is the ip address of the
router. DNS *may* be the ip address of the router or it may be the ip
address of your isp's dns.

Make sure dhcp is enabled for the laptop's card. You may have to tweek
the wireless card on the laptop. I've heard linksys routers sometimes
don't like non-linksys cards....

Ouch!

can you see the other pcs on your local lan??

Not set that up yet.

Les

IP Address, Subnet Mast and Default Gateway all there, no specific DNS
Suffix.

Just strange that it says I have an excellent connection, yet I can't
receive any packets :-(
--
Keith (Southend)

'Weather Home & Abroad'
http://www.southendweather.net

On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 11:22:54 +0100, "Keith (Southend)"
wrote:

Les Crossan wrote:


Keith (Southend) wrote:

I'm afraid this is completely off-topic, but I'm running out of ideas.
Not had a response from alt.internet.wireless.

I recently bought an Acer Notebook to use when I'm working away and on
holiday. One of the main considerations was to have a number of
Internet connecting options, eg: LAN, 56k modem, blue-tooth, wi-fi.

1. I have successfully added it to my adsl router port 4 and been able
to do all the windows updates etc and surfed the net etc.
2. My second option is wi-fi. Now I've tried to connect to my Linksys
Wireless-G Access Point and all appeared fine at first ,saying
excellent connection 54.0Bps. Yet I am not recieving anything through
it, no web sites. I tried turning the firewall off, which made no
difference. I currently have it unencrypted. My daughter laptop works
fine with it, she does have a Linksys PCAI.. card fitted.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong, or what I may have overlooked.

My final option, which I haven't got all the bits for yet, is GPRS
through a mobile phone, I'll tackle that obstical when I've got over
this one g

Many thanks



Has it got an ip address?? (in XP open a dos box and type in ipconfig -
if it's a 169.x.x.x ip then it's wrong - in ME/98 then start-run-winipcfg)

I take it the router is configured for a class C network range
(192.168.0.x / subnet 255.255.255.0) Gateway is the ip address of the
router. DNS *may* be the ip address of the router or it may be the ip
address of your isp's dns.

Make sure dhcp is enabled for the laptop's card. You may have to tweek
the wireless card on the laptop. I've heard linksys routers sometimes
don't like non-linksys cards....

Ouch!

can you see the other pcs on your local lan??

Not set that up yet.

Les

IP Address, Subnet Mast and Default Gateway all there, no specific DNS
Suffix.

Just strange that it says I have an excellent connection, yet I can't
receive any packets :-(


Check that you haven't got a proxy server set in IE. If you've
previously had AOL or Freeserve your connection settings might be all
over the place.

Martin

JPG wrote:

Check that you haven't got a proxy server set in IE. If you've
previously had AOL or Freeserve your connection settings might be all
over the place.

Martin


I doubt it, not had either of those two on these pc's.

I have a lot of things to look at and try now, just need a few spare
hours g

Thanks
--
Keith (Southend)

'Weather Home & Abroad'
http://www.southendweather.net

On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 11:22:54 +0100, Keith (Southend) wrote:

IP Address, Subnet Mast and Default Gateway all there,

And within the right range for the router?

Just strange that it says I have an excellent connection, yet I
can't receive any packets :-(

Not strange, it just shows that the hardware is working but that the
higher level software protocols aren't. The none thinking way out is
to ensure that DHCP is enabled in the router (probably is as other
machines talk without fuss) and in the settings for wireless interface
in your laptop. I'm not a windows users but ISTR that there is a check
box labled something along the lines of "Determine settings
automatically" within the properties of the interface.


--
Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail

a few things you can try.
if you fire up a windows command prompt start-run then enter cmd
you can try and force the computer to connect/disconnect with the command
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
and you can get information on what the current connection status is with
ipconfig /all

also try a tool like network stumbler, that will tell you what networks are
available, and check that you can see your wireless router, not somebody
elsee.

quite possible also that there is encrytion enabled on your wireless network
(and there should be or anyone can use it for free) perhaps your laptop
needs to be configured for this. this generally involves making sure both
the router and the laptop have the same keys. the router documentation
should have some info on this.

if you have another machine connected via the 4 ports, you could use the
admin interface page to see if a dhcp lease has been granted for the laptop
and an ip address granted. this will at least show that there has been some
communication between the two.

if you suspect the wireless itself is not working, perhaps try to set the
router from the full 54mbit to 11mbit. this seems to make things a bit more
reliable for me, less dropped connections etc. downside is of course a
slower connection, but not that it really matters if your internet
connection is only a 0.5mbit link.

good luck.

a.

"Keith (Southend)" wrote in message
...
I'm afraid this is completely off-topic, but I'm running out of ideas. Not
had a response from alt.internet.wireless.

I recently bought an Acer Notebook to use when I'm working away and on
holiday. One of the main considerations was to have a number of Internet
connecting options, eg: LAN, 56k modem, blue-tooth, wi-fi.

1. I have successfully added it to my adsl router port 4 and been able to
do all the windows updates etc and surfed the net etc.
2. My second option is wi-fi. Now I've tried to connect to my Linksys
Wireless-G Access Point and all appeared fine at first ,saying excellent
connection 54.0Bps. Yet I am not recieving anything through it, no web
sites. I tried turning the firewall off, which made no difference. I
currently have it unencrypted. My daughter laptop works fine with it, she
does have a Linksys PCAI.. card fitted.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong, or what I may have overlooked.

My final option, which I haven't got all the bits for yet, is GPRS through
a mobile phone, I'll tackle that obstical when I've got over this one g

Many thanks
--
Keith (Southend)

'Weather Home & Abroad'
http://www.southendweather.net

alistair wrote:

Thanks Alistair, I have few things to try now. I'll let you know how I
get on later.

--
Keith (Southend)

'Weather Home & Abroad'
http://www.southendweather.net

alistair wrote:
a few things you can try.
if you fire up a windows command prompt start-run then enter cmd
you can try and force the computer to connect/disconnect with the command
ipconfig /release

"The Operation Failed as no adapter is in the state permissible for this
operation"

ipconfig /renew

Error: unrecongnised or incompete comand line.

and you can get information on what the current connection status is with
ipconfig /all

Ok more success he
After the LAN etc..

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description : Broadcom 802.11g Network Adapter
Physical Address : 00-0E-**-**-**-** (* - letters
or numbers)
Dhcp Enabled : No
IP Address : 168.***.*.*
Subnet Mast : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway : correct
DNS Servers : Both correct

Is the Physical Address the 'MAC Address' ?



--
Keith (Southend)

'Weather Home & Abroad'
http://www.southendweather.net