Another wanadoo/orange wireless problem...

Hi all,

I've been using a Wanadoo livebox for a year and a half or so. My
computer is connected via ethernet and my wife's is using the wireless
adaptor. I must be one of the lucky ones because I have until now had
no issues or problems. What has happened in the last couple of days is
that my wife's computer has no longer been able to connect. She hasn't
done anything to the computer and I have tried to reinstall but the
computer either cannot pair up with the box or does pair up and then
fails on the next step (DHCP issues I believe).

What I had noticed is another three access points - another Wanadoo
box, something called Netgear and another called linksys. Oddly I
noticed I could connect through linksys but then realised it wasn't
using my livebox to connect.

If anyone could offer some advice to a pretty non-tech guy that would
be great.

Also I was wondering how secure (a) my wife's wireless connection and
(b) my ethernet connection is from other wireless boxes in the area -
as when I mistakenly connected seemingly to someone elses internet
connection it got me thinking.

Thanks for any help you may offer.

K

"Kaplan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I've been using a Wanadoo livebox for a year and a half or so. My
> computer is connected via ethernet and my wife's is using the wireless
> adaptor. I must be one of the lucky ones because I have until now had
> no issues or problems. What has happened in the last couple of days is
> that my wife's computer has no longer been able to connect. She hasn't
> done anything to the computer and I have tried to reinstall but the
> computer either cannot pair up with the box or does pair up and then
> fails on the next step (DHCP issues I believe).
>
> What I had noticed is another three access points - another Wanadoo
> box, something called Netgear and another called linksys. Oddly I
> noticed I could connect through linksys but then realised it wasn't
> using my livebox to connect.
>
> If anyone could offer some advice to a pretty non-tech guy that would
> be great.

Wanadoo LiveBox encryption can cause the windows wireless utility to fall
over, it seems to simulatanously broadcast WPA and WEP encryption and
connect at the highest the wireless network device can manage, this causes
some machines to go tits up.

To solve this connect to the router (usually by going to internet explorer
and typing 192.168.0.1 in the address bar) and encyption to either wpa or
wep, not both.

> Also I was wondering how secure (a) my wife's wireless connection and
> (b) my ethernet connection is from other wireless boxes in the area -
> as when I mistakenly connected seemingly to someone elses internet
> connection it got me thinking.
>
> Thanks for any help you may offer.
>
> K

The wanadoo box is actually quite secure, it uses a long randomly generated
unique key, and requires the livebox device to be temporarily activated for
pairing, making external hacking pretty much impossible.

Gaz