"geepeetee" <gary_te***@bluecarrots.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> Have been setting up a broadband connection with a netgear wireless
> router. It was working fine until i set the wep to enabled, i used wep
> because two of teh four computers have 11b cards.  After that we could
> connect to the network but none of the pc's had email or internet.
>
> Any advice appreciated
>
> Gary
>
> --
> Visit my websites at
> www.justjents.co.uk
> www.recumbent.50megs.com
>

"Jack (MVP-Networking)." <J***@discussiongroup.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
> It depends on what you call: "we could connect to the network connected to
> the Network".
> If the indication that you can connect to the Network is the presence of
> the signal in the Wireless connection Icon, than you probably are Not
> actually connected.
> Switch of the security make sure that every thing works. Switch on the
> security on the Router generate a WEP key, and copy the hex string to the
> Wireless computers WEP menu, use the actual hex key not the pass.
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
> "geepeetee" <gary_te***@bluecarrots.com> wrote in message
> news:uL183S05GHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Hi
>>
>> Have been setting up a broadband connection with a netgear wireless
>> router. It was working fine until i set the wep to enabled, i used wep
>> because two of teh four computers have 11b cards.  After that we could
>> connect to the network but none of the pc's had email or internet.
>>
>> Any advice appreciated
>>
>> Gary
>>
>> --
>> Visit my websites at
>> www.justjents.co.uk
>> www.recumbent.50megs.com
>>
>
>

"David Hettel" <no***@nowhere.org> wrote in message
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> The strength of the signal does not relate directly to if you are
> connected or not. If you do | Start (menu) | Run | CMD [Enter] | ipconfig
> /all [Enter] | is your wireless card getting an IP address that starts
> with a 169.xxx.xxx.xxx ? If so you are not connect. My experience is with
> WEP that passwords must be entered as hex strings, and not as pass words
> as Jack has stated. This is especially true when using different brands of
> wireless products. As there is more than one way of turning a password
> into a key.
>
> --
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>
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> "Jack (MVP-Networking)." <J***@discussiongroup.com> wrote in message
> news:%23ejoM205GHA.3592@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Hi
>> It depends on what you call: "we could connect to the network connected
>> to the Network".
>> If the indication that you can connect to the Network is the presence of
>> the signal in the Wireless connection Icon, than you probably are Not
>> actually connected.
>> Switch of the security make sure that every thing works. Switch on the
>> security on the Router generate a WEP key, and copy the hex string to the
>> Wireless computers WEP menu, use the actual hex key not the pass.
>> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>>
>> "geepeetee" <gary_te***@bluecarrots.com> wrote in message
>> news:uL183S05GHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Have been setting up a broadband connection with a netgear wireless
>>> router. It was working fine until i set the wep to enabled, i used wep
>>> because two of teh four computers have 11b cards.  After that we could
>>> connect to the network but none of the pc's had email or internet.
>>>
>>> Any advice appreciated
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>
>>> --
>>> Visit my websites at
>>> www.justjents.co.uk
>>> www.recumbent.50megs.com
>>>
>>
>>
>
>