No wireless connectivity with modem

29 Nov 2006 11:04 AM

Dave

Please help. Just moved to New Zealand from UK. Setting up wireless broadband
for 1st time. Connects using cable and connects when wireless modem is set to
unsecure. But when WEP or WPA is selected for security I get a message on the
Wireless network control panel saying 'Limited or no connectivity' and will
not connect. Internet provider say that network card is not set up to use WEP
or WPA. I am using a nearly new Sony Vaio and they tell me that all should
work fine. If anyone has any advice it would be much appreciated.

30 Nov 2006 7:44 PM

Pavel A.

"Dave" wrote:
> Please help. Just moved to New Zealand from UK. Setting up wireless broadband
> for 1st time. Connects using cable and connects when wireless modem is set to
> unsecure. But when WEP or WPA is selected for security I get a message on the
> Wireless network control panel saying 'Limited or no connectivity' and will
> not connect. Internet provider say that network card is not set up to use WEP
> or WPA. I am using a nearly new Sony Vaio and they tell me that all should
> work fine. If anyone has any advice it would be much appreciated.

Yes, this is a symptom that your netcard is not actually set to
the secure mode, or the password/key is wrong.
Please make very sure what mode do you need (WPA or WEP),
and what is the key.

--PA

1 Dec 2006 1:33 AM

David Hettel

Try converting your WEP password to a hex key, and entering the hex value.

See;
My New Wireless does not work - http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html
Wireless, Basic Configuration - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html
Wireless Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html

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"Dave" <D***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Please help. Just moved to New Zealand from UK. Setting up wireless
> broadband
> for 1st time. Connects using cable and connects when wireless modem is set
> to
> unsecure. But when WEP or WPA is selected for security I get a message on
> the
> Wireless network control panel saying 'Limited or no connectivity' and
> will
> not connect. Internet provider say that network card is not set up to use
> WEP
> or WPA. I am using a nearly new Sony Vaio and they tell me that all should
> work fine. If anyone has any advice it would be much appreciated.