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To refresh your memory, my 2 PC's are wirelessly perfect now, but my laptop is not networking beyond "seeing" the Router via the "Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility", and even that continuously shows "Authenticating", and disconnects & reconnects every minute or so.
Answers to your specific questions below (your paragraph pasted @ bottom in entirety).
Do the security settings on my router & laptop match?
WRT54G Router Configuration, Wireless Tab, Basic Wireless Settings Subtab:
* Wireless Network Mode: G-Only
* Wireless Network Name (SSID): linksys_SES_46146
* Wireless Channel: 9
* Wireless SSID Broadcast: Enable
* Status: SES Security Parameters Configured
WRT54G Router Configuration, Wireless Tab, Basic Wireless Security Subtab:
* Security Mode: WPA Personal
* WPA Algorithms: TKIP
* WPA Shared Key: **************** (my actual key is the same on all)
* Group Key Renewal: 3600 seconds
DELL B130 Laptop utilizing the 1470 Dual Band WLAN Mini-PCI Card:
* Wireless Network setup & managed by: "DELL Wireless WLAN Card Utility".
* Connection Status: Authenticating (Always - never "Connects or locks on" & breaks regularly).
* Encription Type: TKIP; Key Absent (I think that means hidden).
* Network Connection Type: Infrastructure.
* Speed: 54.0 Mbps
* Channel: 9
* AP Mac Address: 00:18:38:FD:21:AF
* Gateway IP Address: Not available
* Client Mac Address: 00:14:A5:CC:77:28
* Client IP Address: 0.0.0.0
Note: The software reports a strong signal from the WRT54G & even sees a few other weak encrypted signals, but nothing shows in Windows Explorer or My Network Places. It's own diagnostics report the laptop's wireless card is working fine. I have been wanting to take this laptop to a hot spot cafe to test the unprotected wireless connectivity & if that works possibly implicating my security settings on the router.
Any advice or tips would be much appreciated as I would love to add this laptop to the already successfully networked pair of desktops (the remote desktop PC utilizes the Linksys "Wireless-G" Card & software.
Thx,
Wayne K.
Your (gv) original text:
Regarding the wireless connection problem: You should check whether the wireless security settings on the router and on the laptop match. There are different ways for encryption etc. and if the settings don't match you cannot connect properly.
For this: go to http://192.168.1.1/ and enter the router password (not the wireless network key) which you have chosen during setup. The default password is "admin". You don't have to enter a username. It brings you to the router configuration pages. Go to the wireless tab. There are subtabs for basic wireless setup and wireless security. Please post current settings.
For the settings on the laptop there are several options how it uses its wireless card: many laptops come with special software for the wireless card which is used to set it up and connect to wireless networks. You have to find out how your software works and where you'll find the settings if this is the case.
Some laptops simply use the windows built-in functions called Windows Zero Configuration. To check that, you right-click onto the wireless network icon in the tray and select Properties (or Status and then press the Properties button in the status window). Change to the wireless networks tab. The top checkbox should be active, i.e. Windows is configuring your wireless connections. In the bottom half you'll see the list of preferred networks. Select the network with your network name (the SSID from the router configuration above) and press Properties. Post which settings you have currently for your network on the tabs in the window showing up.
Message Edited by wayneproperties on 12-06-200606:50 PM
BTW, please stay in the thread next time. It makes things easier to follow.
O.K. I see a possible issues here:
- The Dell status does not show which network name you are connecting to. That should be "linksys_SES_46146".
- I think "Key Absent" rather means there is no key entered.
- The AP MAC address is strange. The 00:18:38 is not Linksys but a company called PanAccess in china. That does not mean it is not correct but you should verify it: the MAC address of your router should be printed on the label underneath the printer. This should match.
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