Newtechie wrote:
> "Lem" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:O2c6%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Newtechie wrote:
>>> Hi Lem,
>>>
>>> Yes it just times out now. Initially before I added the info manually it
>>> gave me an out of range or network couldn't be located (something to that
>>> affect). I can get a list of available networks and mine is the first on
>>> the list so the switch must automatically turns itself on.
>>>
>>> BTW, this is an HP Pavilion dv2040us. Do you think it's worth a try to
>>> manually assign an IP and see if that helps?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your response.
>>> Newtechie
>>> "Lem" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:%23%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> Newtechie wrote:
>>>>> Hi BobC,
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't think there's a switch to turn on the wireless radio because I
>>>>> see the the wireless icon in the system tray. I can refresh the list
>>>>> and find the wireless network but it just doesn't let me connect. I
>>>>> also tried adding the information myself into the properties on the
>>>>> wireless connection but it still does not connect. How can you set the
>>>>> channel on it? It's already set in the router.
>>>>>
>>>>> newtechie
>>>>>
>>>>> "BobC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>>> news:1hpbua9s0genk$.4a9c3ho83rb4$.(E-Mail Removed).. .
>>>>>> On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:06:49 -0500, Newtechie wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I just got a new HP Pavilion dv2040us laptop and it has a built in
>>>>>>> Intel
>>>>>>> wireless adapter. When I go to connect to my current wireless
>>>>>>> connection it
>>>>>>> either times out or say that's the connection may be out of range.
>>>>>>> How can
>>>>>>> that be when my Dell Inspiron connects fine and I just sat up this
>>>>>>> connection a little over a week ago. I tried adding the information
>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>> manually in the properties and it still doesn't connect. As a
>>>>>>> refresher, my
>>>>>>> router is a Linksys WRT54G and it's set to enable DHCP. Does anyone
>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>> any ideas what the problem could be?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> newtechie
>>>>>> Did you set the new laptop's SSID, channel, wep/wpa key the same as
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> router's
>>>>>> Is there a hardware or software switch to turn on the laptop's
>>>>>> wireless
>>>>>> radio?
>>>> Actually, there IS a hardware switch to turn on your laptop's wifi
>>>> adapter. It's on the left front edge (to the left of the IR lens and
>>>> the mike & headphone jacks). There should be a little light next to it
>>>> that is blue if the wireless and/or bluetooth is on and amber if it's
>>>> off.
>>>>
>>>> However, if you can see a list of available networks, then the radio
>>>> itself must be turned on. Do you get any error messages, or does it
>>>> just time out?
>>>>
>>>> I'd suggest temporarily re-configuring your router to use NO encryption
>>>> at all. See if you can connect. If yes, then resetup encryption. If
>>>> no, you may have a defective adapter. Call Dell, since this should
>>>> still be under warranty.
>>>
>> Trying a static IP address certainly won't hurt, but from the description
>> of your symptoms, I doubt that it will help. IIRC, the Linksys WRT54G
>> defaults to an IP address of 192.168.1.1 and the DHCP server hands out
>> addresses in the range 192.168.1.100 - 192.168.1.254. So, for your static
>> IP address pick something unlikely to conflict with any other devices on
>> your LAN that have DHCP-assigned IP addresses, such as 192.168.1.150.
>>
>> Did you try connecting with encryption disabled? What about firewalls?
>> Have you disabled all firewalls or "internet worm protection" services?
>> Make sure there is no security process running that you're not aware of by
>> opening Task Manager and identifying all running processes. Remember,
>> although it's certainly a better practice to enable a firewall on each PC,
>> if you connect to the Internet through a router such as the WRT54G, you
>> will be safe enough to test your LAN without running any software
>> firewalls.
>>
>> BTW, are you using Windows Wireless Zero Configuration to manage your
>> connection or are you using some utility supplied by Dell or the mfr of
>> the built-in wireless adapter?
>
> No I have not tried disabling the encryption yet as I'm currently at work.
> I'll give that a try as well as assigning the laptop a static IP. I'm using
> the Windows WZC to try and manage the connection and I'm not for sure if any
> utility came pre-installed with the built in adapter.
>
> The laptop came with NIS 2005 pre-installed and I did disable it temporarily
> to see if I could connect but I still couldn't.
>
> newtechie
>
>
Good luck.
There is not a lot of love in these NGs for NIS. I don't use it myself,
but it may be more difficult to turn off than you realize. I'd still
suggest looking at the running processes in Task Manager to see what's
running after you think you've turned off NIS.
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