DSL wireless network help

Hello,

Trying to set up my brother in laws home network with Dell xp desktops.
They connect with DSL modem and are using a Linksys wireless router.
One desktop is wired to the router and has internet access. The desktop
in the family room is using a Belkin wireless usb network adapter. It
is set up with a WEP key and I was able to actually connect to the
network, but something is wrong because the web browser is not working.
When we set our wireless network up at my house, using a cable modem,
it was extremely simple, didnt really have to do anything. I did notice
on the wired machine, that when you open up a browser, the DSL login
page pops up and logs in automatically. Could the problem be the
desktop is not doing that therefore no internet? I am a novice at best
with this stuff...any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks.

"Jayrod" <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:

>Hello,
>
>Trying to set up my brother in laws home network with Dell xp desktops.
>They connect with DSL modem and are using a Linksys wireless router.
>One desktop is wired to the router and has internet access. The desktop
>in the family room is using a Belkin wireless usb network adapter. It
>is set up with a WEP key and I was able to actually connect to the
>network, but something is wrong because the web browser is not working.

If you/they are using WEP encryption, please use the Hex key and not
the ASCII key. There are incompatibilities between the various ways
different manufacturers have chose to impliment ASCII to Hex
conversions. Windoze aggrivates the problem by not supplying
sufficient connection progress debug info for the average user to
determine that it's an encryption key failure.

>When we set our wireless network up at my house, using a cable modem,
>it was extremely simple, didnt really have to do anything. I did notice
>on the wired machine, that when you open up a browser, the DSL login
>page pops up and logs in automatically. Could the problem be the
>desktop is not doing that therefore no internet? I am a novice at best
>with this stuff...any help would be greatly appreciated!!

If you need additional help, please interrogate the brother in law and
ask him to supply the manufactory and model number of his hardware.
Also, what operating system is he running on the various desktops.

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Jeff Liebermann (E-Mail Removed)
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

Ok, after about 4 hours of pulling my hair out, triple checking each
setting, turns out, THE USERNAME AND PASSWORD MY BROTHER IN LAW GAVE ME
WAS WRONG!!! He gave me their user name and password for their email
account with the dsl company, not there internet log in. So, once that
was fixed, piece of cake, wow i was mad lol. Thanks for your response.

Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> "Jayrod" <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:
>
> >Hello,
> >
> >Trying to set up my brother in laws home network with Dell xp desktops.
> >They connect with DSL modem and are using a Linksys wireless router.
> >One desktop is wired to the router and has internet access. The desktop
> >in the family room is using a Belkin wireless usb network adapter. It
> >is set up with a WEP key and I was able to actually connect to the
> >network, but something is wrong because the web browser is not working.
>
> If you/they are using WEP encryption, please use the Hex key and not
> the ASCII key. There are incompatibilities between the various ways
> different manufacturers have chose to impliment ASCII to Hex
> conversions. Windoze aggrivates the problem by not supplying
> sufficient connection progress debug info for the average user to
> determine that it's an encryption key failure.
>
> >When we set our wireless network up at my house, using a cable modem,
> >it was extremely simple, didnt really have to do anything. I did notice
> >on the wired machine, that when you open up a browser, the DSL login
> >page pops up and logs in automatically. Could the problem be the
> >desktop is not doing that therefore no internet? I am a novice at best
> >with this stuff...any help would be greatly appreciated!!
>
> If you need additional help, please interrogate the brother in law and
> ask him to supply the manufactory and model number of his hardware.
> Also, what operating system is he running on the various desktops.
>
> --
> Jeff Liebermann (E-Mail Removed)
> 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
> Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
> Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558