Thought I knew what I was doing but . . . .

Claireybear

I need some help please!

Went to PC world yesterday and bought the stuff I needed for my wireless network.

I just want to connect 1 pc and 1 laptop. (connecting pc wirelessly as no ethernet post and seemed easier to have a usb adaptor than to install a PCI card!)

So far I have got the pc up and running on the network perfectly, although if I try to make it secure it wont play along! However my laptop (brand new and already wireless enabled) wont connect to the internet - the icon on my toolbar says the wireless network is connected, but it just wont connect to the internet. What have i done wrong? is it because the icon at the bottom says the status is "unassociated"?

Help me please I am so confused! I have been trying to set up this network for 2 hours now!

At least if they could both work I can focus on making them secure then! Im sure there is lots of advice on here on how to do that!

Claire

sco0ter

What router do you have. Have you chosen the wireless connection from the available wireless networks tab. Sometimes the icon will report that its connected when it really means it has found a wireless signal. You have to tell the computer to connect to it. This is in case there are multiple signals. where I stay I can get 3 different routers so if mine is turned off I still get a connected icon even though it isnt connected, its just showing other networks are available.

Claireybear

Iv got a linksys router WRT54GS for cable.

I choose the right network to connect to, and it says it is connected but I cant get on the internet

Mattjimf

do you have a firewall installed, if so you will probalby need to configure it, if not check the network connections to see if the windows firewall is active. If it is the windows firewall turn it off as its as much use as a chocolate teapot.
Another thing to check is that your browser is configured to access the internet properly this can be done through the options in the tools menu of you browser (if you are using IE you need to click on the connections tab at the top then click on LAN settings).

Russ66

Claireybear wrote:

Iv got a linksys router WRT54GS for cable.

I've got one of these, I plugged it in and everything worked fine on it's own

However, I did run into a bit of trouble setting up the security.

I logged on to http://www-uk.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?childpagename=UK%2FLayout&packedargs=c%3DL_Product_C2%26cid%3D1123521944450&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper

And the FAQ's helped me out.

You could also look at http://www.linksysinfo.org/

HTH.

Claireybear

Thanks for your advice . . . still not working tho

The computer connects to the netwrok - says it has excellent signal strength etc - but wont connect to the internet.

i am getting really frustrated!

Claire

Russ66

Are you sure that your lappy is trying to connect to "your" wifi and not a neighbours??

Go to http://www.linksysinfo.org/modules.php?name=Forums

They're the experts

Mattjimf

when you open your browser what appears in the screen?

Claireybear

It says this page cannot be displayed etc and a message pops up saying I cannot access that page offline. Iv just restored my settings back to the last restoration point in case i have made things worse by fiddling!

Claireybear

Wahay it's working finally! :beer: I must have changed something when I was fiddling cos it worked like a dream after i did a system restore! Now just got to make it secure and hope that doesnt mess things up . . . .

Thanks for your help everybody!

espresso

When you entered your WEP/WPA security keys, did you enter them as ASCII or HEX?

Try entering them again but use HEX i.e.

47A2DEFA3709A7873AD7A57F66DCA9A973FA28DC613D153DA417BE1C8CBD227

Windows can use a different algorithm to convert from ASCII to HEX but if you use HEX, this does not occur.

:cool: