incomplete wireless connection

Hi

I have a wireless network comprising 3 desktops and a laptop connected and
sharing an internet connection via a Netgear wireless router

I've just tried connecting a new laptop to the router and although it
recognises the router and gets a signal, it says the connection is missing
or incomplete

It's a long time since I set the other machines on the network up, and I
have a feeling I may have missed something

The procedure I used was:

1. Open the router's browser based control panel

2. Add the laptop's network mac address to the list of allowed PCs

3. Assigned a WEP number and set that up on the laptop

Any ideas?

Thanks

Pete

In article <TvAhh.15100$(E-Mail Removed)>, Pete says...
> Hi
>
> I have a wireless network comprising 3 desktops and a laptop connected and
> sharing an internet connection via a Netgear wireless router
>
> I've just tried connecting a new laptop to the router and although it
> recognises the router and gets a signal, it says the connection is missing
> or incomplete
>
> It's a long time since I set the other machines on the network up, and I
> have a feeling I may have missed something
>
> The procedure I used was:
>
> 1. Open the router's browser based control panel
>
> 2. Add the laptop's network mac address to the list of allowed PCs
>
> 3. Assigned a WEP number and set that up on the laptop
>
> Any ideas?
>
Are you running DHCP on the router?


--
Conor

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Star Trek? Good Lord!" - Patrick Stewart

"Conor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> In article <TvAhh.15100$(E-Mail Removed)>, Pete says...
>> Hi
>>
>> I have a wireless network comprising 3 desktops and a laptop connected
>> and
>> sharing an internet connection via a Netgear wireless router
>>
>> I've just tried connecting a new laptop to the router and although it
>> recognises the router and gets a signal, it says the connection is
>> missing
>> or incomplete
>>
>> It's a long time since I set the other machines on the network up, and I
>> have a feeling I may have missed something
>>
>> The procedure I used was:
>>
>> 1. Open the router's browser based control panel
>>
>> 2. Add the laptop's network mac address to the list of allowed PCs
>>
>> 3. Assigned a WEP number and set that up on the laptop
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
> Are you running DHCP on the router?
>
>
> --

I'm not sure, but if I am, I haven't set it up myself

Pete wrote in message
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> "Conor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> In article <TvAhh.15100$(E-Mail Removed)>, Pete says...
>>> Hi
>>>
>> Are you running DHCP on the router?
>
> I'm not sure, but if I am, I haven't set it up myself

On almost every router (someone's going to prove me wrong in this
statement!) DHCP is turned on by default; you need to make a conscious
effort to turn it off. Unless you've got a good reason to turn it off and
allocate static IP addresses for each PC, I'd leave it on - that way you can
take you PC (if it's a laptop) to any network and it will automatically be
given an IP address that will work on that network.

Reasons for using static IP addresses are: if you are connecting a server
that needs a route to it from the outside, or if you have problems accessing
shared drives/printers between different versions of Windows (though I run a
mixed Windows XP and Windows 98 network and I've never had any problem with
dynamic addresses).