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Wireless problem
BFJ
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in Techie Stuff
I have bought and installed a D-Link DI-634M router and G650m adapter card. Got both working fine, along with my macbook, but have hit a little problem since I have tried to make the network secure. I looked at the stickies in this forum, and subsequently changed passwork for router, and enabled WPA-SPK encryption, and mac filtering. All this I did through a wired connection (WLAN) with my laptop, which has the G650m adapter in it.
My macbook is fine since I secured the network. It found the network, and once I inserted the network key it connects fine. Problem is that I cannot get the windows laptop (with G650 adapter) to wirelessly connect. I thought it may be because the WLAN was still connected, but no it doesn't work if I remove it. It is installed properly, as it connects to an unsecured network that one of my neighbours must have.
The computer will only have one MAC address right? I haven't mac filtered for the WLAN connection but not the wireless adapter have I? I have inserted the network key in network connections, but when it tries to connect it never succeeds. Cannot get them to talk to each other correctly for some unknown reason.
Any help gratefully received!!
My macbook is fine since I secured the network. It found the network, and once I inserted the network key it connects fine. Problem is that I cannot get the windows laptop (with G650 adapter) to wirelessly connect. I thought it may be because the WLAN was still connected, but no it doesn't work if I remove it. It is installed properly, as it connects to an unsecured network that one of my neighbours must have.
The computer will only have one MAC address right? I haven't mac filtered for the WLAN connection but not the wireless adapter have I? I have inserted the network key in network connections, but when it tries to connect it never succeeds. Cannot get them to talk to each other correctly for some unknown reason.
Any help gratefully received!!
Waddle you do eh?
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Your laptop will have 2 mac addresses one for the ethernet port you plugged into the router and one for the wireless device, check you are using the correct one.Ever stop to think and forget to start again?0
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