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Unable to connect to wireless network
Hi,
This is a problem concerning my wireless connection. Some time ago, I had no problems connecting to my wireless connection using WEP encryption. However, I tried to change the encryption to WAP on my gateway page and thereafter failed to connect to the internet. Using a LAN cable to connect to the internet, I reset the encryption back to WEP. However, although my other computer which is also on connected via wireless managed to reinstate its connection, the computer on which I changed the encryption to WAP could not connect to the internet, showing "limited or no connectivity". This is the results of the ipconfig /all command: Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 2: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : D-Link AirPlus Xtreme G DWL-G132 Wir eless USB Adapter(rev.A) Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-9A-BF-32-E5 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.203.251 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : As you can see, the IP address is not of the "192.x.x.x" suffix, although DHCP is enabled. The router gateway page also shows that DHCP is enabled for the computer. I tried removing the wireless network which i used to connect to and adding it again, but it prompted me saying that the network password had to be 5 ascii characters. I set them to an arbitrary 5 characters, clicked 'ok', then went to reconfigure the connection again. This time, the network password showed to correct amount of characters that my connection used to have. I tried setting a static IP with a "192.x.x.x" suffix, but although it showed that I could connect to the internet, I was unable to view any webpages. This was because the DHCP was "off" as revealed by the "ipconfig /all" command. Powercycling the router and the computer has no effect. The computer can connect if it uses a lan cable. DHCP works while using a lan cable. Thanks for your help |
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Unable to connect to wireless network
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It could be that your hardware is Not WPA compatible. First log to the Support site of the Hardware and make sure that you have the most updated drivers. Then make sure that you have a viable connection with No security. Then switch On the maximum security that your hardware allows. From the weakest to the strongest, Wireless security capacity is. No Security MAC______(Band Aid if nothing else is available). WEP64____(Easy, to "Break" by knowledgeable people). WEP128___(A little Harder, but "Hackable" too). ------------------- The three above are Not considered safe. Safe Starts here at WPA. ------------------- WPA-PSK__(Very Hard to Break). WPA-AES__(Not functionally Breakable) WPA2____ (Not functionally Breakable). Note 1: WPA-AES the the current entry level rendition of WPA2. Note 2: If you use WinXP and did not updated it you would have to download the WPA2 patch from Microsoft. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893357 The documentation of your Wireless devices (Wireless Router, and Wireless Computer's Card) should state the type of security that is available with your Wireless hardware. All devices MUST be set to the same security level using the same pass phrase. Therefore the security must be set according what ever is the best possible of one of the Wireless devices. I.e. even if most of your system might be capable to be configured to the max. with WPA2, but one device is only capable to be configured to max . of WEP, to whole system must be configured to WEP. If you need more good security and one device (like a Wireless card that can do WEP only) is holding better security for the whole Network, replace the device with a better one. Setting Wireless Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html The Core differences between WEP, WPA, and WPA2 - http://www.ezlan.net/wpa_wep.html Jack (MVP-Networking). "anonymous" wrote in message ... Hi, This is a problem concerning my wireless connection. Some time ago, I had no problems connecting to my wireless connection using WEP encryption. However, I tried to change the encryption to WAP on my gateway page and thereafter failed to connect to the internet. Using a LAN cable to connect to the internet, I reset the encryption back to WEP. However, although my other computer which is also on connected via wireless managed to reinstate its connection, the computer on which I changed the encryption to WAP could not connect to the internet, showing "limited or no connectivity". This is the results of the ipconfig /all command: Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 2: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : D-Link AirPlus Xtreme G DWL-G132 Wir eless USB Adapter(rev.A) Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-9A-BF-32-E5 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.203.251 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : As you can see, the IP address is not of the "192.x.x.x" suffix, although DHCP is enabled. The router gateway page also shows that DHCP is enabled for the computer. I tried removing the wireless network which i used to connect to and adding it again, but it prompted me saying that the network password had to be 5 ascii characters. I set them to an arbitrary 5 characters, clicked 'ok', then went to reconfigure the connection again. This time, the network password showed to correct amount of characters that my connection used to have. I tried setting a static IP with a "192.x.x.x" suffix, but although it showed that I could connect to the internet, I was unable to view any webpages. This was because the DHCP was "off" as revealed by the "ipconfig /all" command. Powercycling the router and the computer has no effect. The computer can connect if it uses a lan cable. DHCP works while using a lan cable. Thanks for your help |
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Unable to connect to wireless network
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It could be that your hardware is Not WPA compatible. First log to the Support site of the Hardware and make sure that you have the most updated drivers. Then make sure that you have a viable connection with No security. Then switch On the maximum security that your hardware allows. From the weakest to the strongest, Wireless security capacity is. No Security MAC______(Band Aid if nothing else is available). WEP64____(Easy, to "Break" by knowledgeable people). WEP128___(A little Harder, but "Hackable" too). ------------------- The three above are Not considered safe. Safe Starts here at WPA. ------------------- WPA-PSK__(Very Hard to Break). WPA-AES__(Not functionally Breakable) WPA2____ (Not functionally Breakable). Note 1: WPA-AES the the current entry level rendition of WPA2. Note 2: If you use WinXP and did not updated it you would have to download the WPA2 patch from Microsoft. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893357 The documentation of your Wireless devices (Wireless Router, and Wireless Computer's Card) should state the type of security that is available with your Wireless hardware. All devices MUST be set to the same security level using the same pass phrase. Therefore the security must be set according what ever is the best possible of one of the Wireless devices. I.e. even if most of your system might be capable to be configured to the max. with WPA2, but one device is only capable to be configured to max . of WEP, to whole system must be configured to WEP. If you need more good security and one device (like a Wireless card that can do WEP only) is holding better security for the whole Network, replace the device with a better one. Setting Wireless Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html The Core differences between WEP, WPA, and WPA2 - http://www.ezlan.net/wpa_wep.html Jack (MVP-Networking). "anonymous" wrote in message ... Hi, This is a problem concerning my wireless connection. Some time ago, I had no problems connecting to my wireless connection using WEP encryption. However, I tried to change the encryption to WAP on my gateway page and thereafter failed to connect to the internet. Using a LAN cable to connect to the internet, I reset the encryption back to WEP. However, although my other computer which is also on connected via wireless managed to reinstate its connection, the computer on which I changed the encryption to WAP could not connect to the internet, showing "limited or no connectivity". This is the results of the ipconfig /all command: Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 2: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : D-Link AirPlus Xtreme G DWL-G132 Wir eless USB Adapter(rev.A) Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-9A-BF-32-E5 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.203.251 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : As you can see, the IP address is not of the "192.x.x.x" suffix, although DHCP is enabled. The router gateway page also shows that DHCP is enabled for the computer. I tried removing the wireless network which i used to connect to and adding it again, but it prompted me saying that the network password had to be 5 ascii characters. I set them to an arbitrary 5 characters, clicked 'ok', then went to reconfigure the connection again. This time, the network password showed to correct amount of characters that my connection used to have. I tried setting a static IP with a "192.x.x.x" suffix, but although it showed that I could connect to the internet, I was unable to view any webpages. This was because the DHCP was "off" as revealed by the "ipconfig /all" command. Powercycling the router and the computer has no effect. The computer can connect if it uses a lan cable. DHCP works while using a lan cable. Thanks for your help |
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Unable to connect to wireless network
=?Utf-8?B?YW5vbnltb3Vz?= wrote
in : This is a problem concerning my wireless connection. Some time ago, I had no problems connecting to my wireless connection using WEP encryption. However, I tried to change the encryption to WAP on my gateway page and thereafter failed to connect to the internet. Using a LAN cable to connect to the internet, I reset the encryption back to WEP. However, although my other computer which is also on connected via wireless managed to reinstate its connection, the computer on which I changed the encryption to WAP could not connect to the internet, showing "limited or no connectivity". This is the results of the ipconfig /all command: [snip] It would help to know what OS you are using. There is a patch for Windows XP SP2 for WPA. I believe this patch was incorporated into SP3. See: "Update for Windows XP (KB893357)" Brief Description This update to Windows XP provides support for Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2), which is the latest standards-based wireless security solution derived from the IEEE 802.11i standard. http://www.microsoft.com/DOWNLOADS/details.aspx?familyid=662BB74D-E7C1-48D6-95EE-1459234F4483&displaylang=en HTH, John |
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Unable to connect to wireless network
=?Utf-8?B?YW5vbnltb3Vz?= wrote
in : This is a problem concerning my wireless connection. Some time ago, I had no problems connecting to my wireless connection using WEP encryption. However, I tried to change the encryption to WAP on my gateway page and thereafter failed to connect to the internet. Using a LAN cable to connect to the internet, I reset the encryption back to WEP. However, although my other computer which is also on connected via wireless managed to reinstate its connection, the computer on which I changed the encryption to WAP could not connect to the internet, showing "limited or no connectivity". This is the results of the ipconfig /all command: [snip] It would help to know what OS you are using. There is a patch for Windows XP SP2 for WPA. I believe this patch was incorporated into SP3. See: "Update for Windows XP (KB893357)" Brief Description This update to Windows XP provides support for Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2), which is the latest standards-based wireless security solution derived from the IEEE 802.11i standard. http://www.microsoft.com/DOWNLOADS/details.aspx?familyid=662BB74D-E7C1-48D6-95EE-1459234F4483&displaylang=en HTH, John |
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Unable to connect to wireless network
OP here.
I'm already using WinXP with SP3. I don't want WPA, I just want WEP running on this one computer so that I can connect wirelessly. The main problem is that I'm connecting internally instead of through the internet. |
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Unable to connect to wireless network
OP here.
I'm already using WinXP with SP3. I don't want WPA, I just want WEP running on this one computer so that I can connect wirelessly. The main problem is that I'm connecting internally instead of through the internet. |
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Unable to connect to wireless network
anonymous wrote:
OP here. I'm already using WinXP with SP3. I don't want WPA, I just want WEP running on this one computer so that I can connect wirelessly. The main problem is that I'm connecting internally instead of through the internet. You certainly have communication problems, not the least of which is your imprecise usage of terminology. It seems as if you have a wireless router that initially was configured to use WEP encryption. Both computer 1 and computer 2 could successfully connect to the router (and thus to the Internet) wirelessly. You then reconfigured the router to use WPA encryption and attempted to connect to it with computer 1. This didn't work (what happened?). You didn't mess with computer 2. You then reconfigured the router to use WEP encryption (presumably using the same key that you had used at first). Computer 2 can now successfully connect but computer 1 can't. Is that where you are? Please explain the following paragraph a bit more clearly: I tried removing the wireless network which i used to connect to and adding it again, but it prompted me saying that the network password had to be 5 ascii characters. I set them to an arbitrary 5 characters, clicked 'ok', then went to reconfigure the connection again. This time, the network password showed to correct amount of characters that my connection used to have. How did you remove it? Where did you set the "arbitrary 5 characters"? Where did you reconfigure the connection again, and how? What do you mean by "connecting internally instead of through the internet"? This makes no sense to me. -- Lem -- MS-MVP To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm |
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Unable to connect to wireless network
anonymous wrote:
OP here. I'm already using WinXP with SP3. I don't want WPA, I just want WEP running on this one computer so that I can connect wirelessly. The main problem is that I'm connecting internally instead of through the internet. You certainly have communication problems, not the least of which is your imprecise usage of terminology. It seems as if you have a wireless router that initially was configured to use WEP encryption. Both computer 1 and computer 2 could successfully connect to the router (and thus to the Internet) wirelessly. You then reconfigured the router to use WPA encryption and attempted to connect to it with computer 1. This didn't work (what happened?). You didn't mess with computer 2. You then reconfigured the router to use WEP encryption (presumably using the same key that you had used at first). Computer 2 can now successfully connect but computer 1 can't. Is that where you are? Please explain the following paragraph a bit more clearly: I tried removing the wireless network which i used to connect to and adding it again, but it prompted me saying that the network password had to be 5 ascii characters. I set them to an arbitrary 5 characters, clicked 'ok', then went to reconfigure the connection again. This time, the network password showed to correct amount of characters that my connection used to have. How did you remove it? Where did you set the "arbitrary 5 characters"? Where did you reconfigure the connection again, and how? What do you mean by "connecting internally instead of through the internet"? This makes no sense to me. -- Lem -- MS-MVP To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm |
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Is that where you are? Yes. Please explain the following paragraph a bit more clearly: I tried removing the wireless network which i used to connect to and adding it again, but it prompted me saying that the network password had to be 5 ascii characters. I set them to an arbitrary 5 characters, clicked 'ok', then went to reconfigure the connection again. This time, the network password showed to correct amount of characters that my connection used to have. How did you remove it? Where did you set the "arbitrary 5 characters"? Where did you reconfigure the connection again, and how? Diagrammatically: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...titled-1-8.jpg What do you mean by "connecting internally instead of through the internet"? This makes no sense to me. Windows APIPA. Sorry if I used the wrong terms. Thanks. |
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Is that where you are? Yes. Please explain the following paragraph a bit more clearly: I tried removing the wireless network which i used to connect to and adding it again, but it prompted me saying that the network password had to be 5 ascii characters. I set them to an arbitrary 5 characters, clicked 'ok', then went to reconfigure the connection again. This time, the network password showed to correct amount of characters that my connection used to have. How did you remove it? Where did you set the "arbitrary 5 characters"? Where did you reconfigure the connection again, and how? Diagrammatically: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...titled-1-8.jpg What do you mean by "connecting internally instead of through the internet"? This makes no sense to me. Windows APIPA. Sorry if I used the wrong terms. Thanks. |
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anonymous wrote:
Is that where you are? Yes. Please explain the following paragraph a bit more clearly: I tried removing the wireless network which i used to connect to and adding it again, but it prompted me saying that the network password had to be 5 ascii characters. I set them to an arbitrary 5 characters, clicked 'ok', then went to reconfigure the connection again. This time, the network password showed to correct amount of characters that my connection used to have. How did you remove it? Where did you set the "arbitrary 5 characters"? Where did you reconfigure the connection again, and how? Diagrammatically: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...titled-1-8.jpg What do you mean by "connecting internally instead of through the internet"? This makes no sense to me. Windows APIPA. Sorry if I used the wrong terms. Thanks. Thanks. That makes it much easier to understand what's happened. One of the several issues with using WEP is that the algorithm used to convert an ASCII string (the 5 or 13 characters) to the actual hexadecimal key used in the encryption/decryption process may not be the same in Windows as it is in your router. Thus, do not use the character string that you entered in your router's configuration utility to create the key, but use the resulting hexadecimal key. For example, instead of using "obamamcain" use "6f62616d616d6361696e". But, and this is a big but, you really shouldn't be using WEP anyway. Even 128-bit WEP can be cracked in minutes using tools readily available on the Internet. You started the thread by saying that you tried to set up WPA encryption but couldn't connect. What happened? Which encryption mode did you select on your router (sometimes the acronyms used by the router mfr are less than clear)? Perhaps you should focus on getting WPA working rather than getting WEP back. -- Lem -- MS-MVP To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm |
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