Help needed on wireless set up!

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That's great news, it took a while but we got there in the end. Nice work Harry

 

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Glad to hear that it is all sorted!

Harry.

 

I spoke too soon!! I got up this morning, put the laptop on and NO connection!!?? I tried the same settings as yesterday and it didnt work this time. In the properties of internet protocol the boxes are empty!?

I went into dos again,typed in ipconfig/all and the following came up:

"Local Area Connection 2"

C:\Documents and Settings\Criash>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Melissa
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter BT Broadband Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WavePlus WP1200 802.11b Wireless PCM
CIA Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-8B-FE-CA-F3
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.199.63
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

 

It hasn't connected to the router. You need to get it to do that.

Harry.

 

I tried that and at first would not work. Now it has again...any idea why?

 

WiFi is like that. There are lots of reasons for the connection not to work or to be unreliable. These include interference from other nearby APs, interference from other non-WiFi items, multi-path problems between the AP and the station as other objects are moved etc.

On the last point - it is often useful to move the AP about while testing. This may improve the signal or reliability in the places where you want the stations to be usualy.

If you want reliability use ethernet cable.

Harry.

 

Mark,

XP has ditched "DOS". XP is based on the NT kernel unlike Windows 9x, ME which had DOS running in the background.

If you type VER in the command box it will display the version of Windows you are running.

 

I think you are being a little pedantic Boyce. Although you are correct, in saying DOS is not running in the background. Actually shelling out to a command prompt hasn't changed much since Windows 95, where you did shell out to a DOS prompt. The command interpreter in Windows 2000 and XP is very DOS like to use, so much so that it might as well be DOS.

 

Mark,

Either in the Windows wireless config utility or the one that came iwth the wi-fi card (whichever you are using) there should be an option to automatically connect to the network whenever it's available. Do you have that checked?

To test wi-fi throughtput, I use QCheck . You just install it on two networked machines, run the software on one of them and away you go. It's very simple to use.

Good luck.

 

It appears the problem has sorted itself out. After trying the laptop between houses a few times it has not lost its connection and been ok since
Cheers again!

 

I havent read the whole post Mark but I am guessing from this last page that u have a wireless connection...well hopefully its all sorted mate...this is one of the reasons why I aint going wireless until they can 100% assure me there wont be any glitches such as this...I aint saying I cant configure it am just saying i dont want to be in the same position as Mark here...Wi-Fi can be unpredictable...

 

Hi guys.. I've been looking at this topic for a while now and Harry.. YOU ARE THE BEST

Actually all of you guys are.. All the advice helped me solve 1 problem.. I can't see any wireless networks in range anymore now..

Any ideas?

 

Please start a new thread rather than tack onto a 3 year old one.

And give us full details.

Saying in effect 'it doesn't work' really gives us no clue. It could be anything.

Harry.

 

yes.I cannot connect to virgin superhub.I get the windows cannot configure,article 871122.have you any ideas?

 

Kind of unclear - you're better off starting a new topic (This thread started 5 years ago) and explaining in alot more detail of the actual problem, and what it is you're trying to acheive