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wireless lappy probs
theconrodkid - 20/5/09 at 03:59 PM

yup its mr computer numpty again,got a doober that plugs into my lappy to make it wireless,got the router at home and i cant get it to work,signal strength is there and it says i,m connected but try to log onto firefox/e mail and it says no connection.
went to a mates today and showed him my problem...poxy thing logged onto an unsecure signal straight away and worked,got back home and its a no go again.
i have an unsecured signal here as well but cant get it to work on that or my own one.
any ideas before i burn it?

tomgregory2000 - 20/5/09 at 04:17 PM

Na just burn it!! You know you will enjoy it

Blackbird Rush - 20/5/09 at 07:51 PM

Having the same problem with my Megasquirt tuning laptop (Win 2K), the wireless card in the lappy will see the wireless router (secured network) but wont take a proper ip address from the router, if i manually give it an ip and set the gateway & dns ip's i still cant connect to the net

Both my other lappys (win XP & Vista) connect fine...........

think my problem is DHCP related but dont know enough about DHCP to get any further.

tried to install xp from a restore cd and now cant boot

getting ready to throw it out the window and then set fire to the remains!

theconrodkid - 21/5/09 at 06:26 AM

lets have a mass burning,put gordo on top

MikeRJ - 21/5/09 at 06:50 AM

Check if your router has MAC filtering enabled. If set it will only allow devices with the MAC address listed to connect, independent of any encryption schemes.

[Edited on 21/5/09 by MikeRJ]

geoff shep - 21/5/09 at 11:44 AM

Doesn't it sound like the laptop is connecting satisfactorily to the router but that the router is not connected to the internet?

Staple balls - 21/5/09 at 11:47 AM

quote:
Originally posted by geoff shep
Doesn't it sound like the laptop is connecting satisfactorily to the router but that the router is not connected to the internet?


Sorta. ish.

To me it sounds like the lan (wireless) is functional, but something's buggered up in the router config that's breaking stuff.

I assume wired connections work fine?

theconrodkid - 21/5/09 at 03:41 PM

i gave up and napalmed the whole area just to make sure

Ninehigh - 22/5/09 at 08:42 PM

The only thing I can think of that's not covered is maybe the lappy can't handle the wireless encryption (although that's probably the doober's problem) or the doober is of a different make to the router. Again that shouldn't make a difference but I had a router and wlan card that were the same specification but different manufacturers and they flat refused to look at each other