Windows Wireless Networking

Belkin Wireless G router

shortnsweet - 10 Mar 2007 11:14 PM - 4 messages

I have a wireless g router which i was using at home.. im staying with friends for a while and ive been trying to set my router up on their computer when i set it up it went thru everything seemed ok.. but the desktop isnt ...

remove dell wireless wlan

Casey - 10 Mar 2007 7:44 PM - 4 messages

I'm trying to figure out how to disable the Dell Wireless WLAN application and instead just use XP's built-in wireless capabilities. I recently reinstalled XP Pro on my Dell latitude D510. After installation, Device Manager was not recognizing my internal wireless ...

Dumb Question

Uncle Dave - 10 Mar 2007 3:22 PM - 2 messages

Hi I have a wireless modem with four LAN 10/100M ports. Up to now I've used External Hard Drives with USB or Firewire to connect to my MacBook Pro and Toshiba Windows machines directly. Can I just plug a Network drive into one of those ports, switch it on ...

Trouble adding Laptop to Wireless Router

Lars P - 9 Mar 2007 11:40 PM - 2 messages

Windows XP does not let me have a long enough WEP Key. I set up my D Link Wireless Router with 128 bit encryption and a 26 character Key I have two computers set up for it but the laptop is stumping me it does not give me an ...

Toshiba Satellite Laptop

Chas - 9 Mar 2007 8:39 PM - 2 messages

HI .. Sorry if this subject is not allowed on the newsgroup, but I need help. On a Toshiba Satellite Laptop, Linskys is on, wireless is on, when I press fn + f8 which has the wireless logo on, it tells me to ...... Turn the ...

At wit's end -- connection but not connected.

playmyj50@yahoo.com - 9 Mar 2007 4:41 PM - 5 messages

Hi. Perhaps someone can help me with this. My son is trying to connect to his mom's wireless network. When he is at my house, he uses a Msoft MN-520 (?) PCMCIA card to connect to my wireless network (MN 620?) and everything is fine. At his mom's house, she has a ...

Installed new version of Norton

jandmsavs - 9 Mar 2007 3:51 PM - 2 messages

I recently installed a new version of Norton and after re-booting, I can't connect to the internet via wireless. I'm sure this is due to new settings and is common, but can someone let me know what I should ...

Using "perfmon" to measure encryption impact on wireless networkin

Ed Flecko - 9 Mar 2007 3:18 PM - 2 messages

I'm interested in using perfmon to study the impact that different wireless encryption methods (WEP, WPA, WPA2, etc.) might have on a PCs performance, such as processor overhead, additional memory use, etc. I will create a custom counter log to capture the results of my test(s), and ...

Winsockfix ok for Vista?

Hanknyc - 9 Mar 2007 2:02 PM - 2 messages

Does anyone know if Winsockfix is Vista compatible? ...

Security for other computers on network

kad - 9 Mar 2007 10:55 AM - 2 messages

Hi I have just finished a gruelling duel with installation of wireless router. I have a main PC with two laptops on a network. We input the key for wireless security for the PC at the end of installation and now I cant ...

Wireless Card drivers refuse to install after last WGA-update

kajou330 - 9 Mar 2007 9:03 AM - 2 messages

1 march my computer received the last windows-update (=WGA) I installed it and afterwards I got a message that there is an update for my Dell truemobile 1450 wireless ABG minipci card. This was already very strange!!!!! I installed the update and then my wireless card does NOT work anymore. ...

Vista computer can only see itself on network

Hanknyc - 9 Mar 2007 5:01 AM - 2 messages

I just set up a new HP laptop with Vista Home Premium on it. Norton's firewall for Vsta, which wa preinstalled on the computer, is running. But even with Norton turned off the HP cannot see the other computers on the ...

stablish a wireless conection

quetzalcoatl741 - 8 Mar 2007 8:17 PM - 2 messages

Hi guys, how do a establish a wireless connection in a second loptop. My loptop is a Dell Inspiron 1501. The wireless card it is already integrated, how do I activate this card. I have a router ready but I can't ...

does anyone have the cd for the WGT624 (v3) wireless router?

kirk jim - 8 Mar 2007 5:25 PM - 7 messages

I am looking for the cd that goes with the above wireless router... the site does not have the cd as a download... and the person who has this, has lost it! it has an easy setup wizard that we need. ...

connecting modem with wireless router

kirk jim - 8 Mar 2007 3:57 PM - 11 messages

The subjectline seems simple, right? thats what i thought too.. but I could not do it... let me tell you what I have: XPsp2 pc Wireless router: [link] Adsl modem: [link] ...

I have intruders in my home networking nmap, what can I do?

Godtchess - 8 Mar 2007 5:37 AM - 9 messages

I have tried to apply security and encryption, but it won't work. It will shut down my entire home network of 5 computers. I show 3 other devices and I am tracking them. I believe they are my neighbors. Isn't this illegal? I am ...

Unable to connect to IE 6 even though my connection point is activ

xwdpuzzler - 8 Mar 2007 2:59 AM - 5 messages

I am trying to establish a link between IE6 and my Linksys wireless card in my laptop. I have got the linksys part to recognize my home network to access the internet but when I try to go to the home page it cannot find it. ...

connecting to wireless

Jeff - 7 Mar 2007 10:24 PM - 4 messages

I have a laptop and wireless card but do not subscribe to an ISP or have a router. I can connect to unsecured networks, but not secured ones. Is there a way to connect with more security without buying a router or subscribing to ...

Stations do not see each other.

BSvK - 7 Mar 2007 9:44 PM - 3 messages

I have two computers with wireless network. One (Host) has ethernet Internet connection with DSL modem and wireles is set as soft AP. It runs Windows XP 64. The other (Client) has wireless set as infrastructure and runs Windows XP ...

Drive Mapping and Wireless Networking

Frank - 7 Mar 2007 8:55 AM - 2 messages

I have a AD network the desktops use a group policy to map drives when the user logs on. However we have a new network access point when users log on to this the mapping does not happen. Is it possible to get the machines that are logging onto the wireless to map ...

RNDIS driver stability

hbeblo - 6 Mar 2007 10:03 PM - 2 messages

I am using a small linux eterhnet-gadget device (gumstix) and connecting to Windows XP using USBnet. This uses the RNDIS driver. But this connection is very unstable. It rarley stays up for more than 30 seconds. (it works better ...

can't connect wirelessly

DonnaE - 6 Mar 2007 9:18 PM - 2 messages

I am having major problems connecting through the wireless adaptor. I can connect through the ethranet but not through the USB adaptor. I have contacted orange who after 3 long (expensive calls) now say it is the computer blocking it. I am not brilliant on computers and feel that I have ...

User Accounts and Limiting Wireless Access

Flynnopl - 6 Mar 2007 7:24 PM - 3 messages

I'm giving my 5-year old laptop to my 13-year old son for school note taking (he is currently using an alph-smart keyboard machine). The laptop has XP Home. I have set up a user account for him but I can't figure out how to ...

Multiple WAP question

Toobi Won Kenobi - 6 Mar 2007 7:17 PM - 5 messages

Should multiple wireless access points be on the same channel? TIA TWK ...

Linksys wifi router suddenly not working? Help please.

ThomasP - 6 Mar 2007 4:18 PM - 7 messages

Scenario: I had recently set up a wifi for my desktop and a laptop via a Linksys wireless-G router. Everything was working fine for the first 5 days before the wifi network connection failed. Both computers run WinXP SP2 Home Version. ...

harddrive thinks it is wireless network

martin - 6 Mar 2007 9:39 AM - 2 messages

harddrive thinks it is a wireless network can anybody help plz ...

Help: Windows XP can't view available wireless networks

simontemple - 6 Mar 2007 8:15 AM - 2 messages

Whatever click "View available wireless networks" either in system try or through right click of Wireless Network Connection under Network Connection, the "Choose a wireless network" dialogue box does not show up, instead, nothing happened. However, Windows can still automatically connect to a wireless network ...

New problem

Tracey - 5 Mar 2007 3:54 AM - 10 messages

Hi all, In my long running battle to get my wireless network up and running again, I have yet another problem. I'll go through the scenario, and explain my latest problem. Wireless network previously worked without a hitch for three years. Tried ...

unable to view wireless networks

cliff - 5 Mar 2007 1:16 AM - 4 messages

using Intel PRO wirless 2200BG Netw connection( is this the wirless card?). i cannot see any available networks and error message comes up that windows cannot configure (message 871122) I tried to do zero wireless congiguation. the instructions tells me to click on "wireless tab" But I do not have one ...

Computer 2 "sees" Computer 1 but can't connect

Chopdawg - 4 Mar 2007 11:57 PM - 5 messages

When I "view workgroup computers," I see listings for both my laptop and my PC; but, from the laptop, when I double-click on the listing for the PC I get "Not accessible; you might not have permission." Both computers see the Internet with no problems. Anybody got any ideas? ...

BEGINNING WIRELESS

goobmeister - 4 Mar 2007 5:07 PM - 15 messages

Hello, Getting the right answer(s) depends on asking the appropriate question(s). I think of myself as waaaay past intermediate in terms of overall computer knowledge/skills, but this is virgin ground, so please bear with me. So I've gotten my first wireless notebook -- DELL Latitude D620 with the ...

Netgear wireless vs. Hotfix Q815485

Rich54Kelly - 4 Mar 2007 5:00 PM - 4 messages

Hello all.... I am trying to set up a wireless connection to the kids 'puter. I am using a Netgear WG121 USB adapter. I ran into this situation a while back where the adapter would not connect to the router. I thought I had this ...

KB917021 - why has this not been put on Windows Update?

Peabody - 4 Mar 2007 4:53 PM - 9 messages

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Can no longer see wireless network

titan2007 - 4 Mar 2007 11:12 AM - 4 messages

I have 2 laptops running XP both of which can see several WiFi networks in my location however only one can see my home network. I have tried several channels (1, 6, 11) and SSIDs (default, etc) as well as with and without ...