Scanning for networks

My next door neighbour just bought an 802.11b (or g) system to connect all
his XP Home computers in his apartment together to his cable modem

WHen he installed it, everything worked immediately on all computers and
without any particular configuration

He had however left his laptop at work and I lent him mine running Windows
2000 with an Orinoco card which I had lying around, he said that it didn't
connect to the network.

The next day he brought his XP notebook home from work and told me that it
works perfectly with my card and with out any hitches or configuration.

I brought my notebook back and tried it in my apartment which must be about
80 ft away from their base station he is right: it DOESN'T work. It
doesn't give any error messages and tells me that the card is working
properly and the lights light up and when I open IE, it SEEMS to be looking
for a network but nothing happens.

I also know that there is a wifi station (in a coffee shop or something?) a
block away but as we are on the 15th floor, I cant imagine its signal would
strong enough here

Anyone got any obvious suggestions as to what is wrong with my computer
which prevents it from logging into the next-door 'network'?

MFS

My father's son wrote:
> My next door neighbour just bought an 802.11b (or g) system to connect all
> his XP Home computers in his apartment together to his cable modem
>
> WHen he installed it, everything worked immediately on all computers and
> without any particular configuration
>
> He had however left his laptop at work and I lent him mine running Windows
> 2000 with an Orinoco card which I had lying around, he said that it didn't
> connect to the network.
>
> The next day he brought his XP notebook home from work and told me that it
> works perfectly with my card and with out any hitches or configuration.
>
> I brought my notebook back and tried it in my apartment which must be about
> 80 ft away from their base station he is right: it DOESN'T work. It
> doesn't give any error messages and tells me that the card is working
> properly and the lights light up and when I open IE, it SEEMS to be looking
> for a network but nothing happens.
>
> I also know that there is a wifi station (in a coffee shop or something?) a
> block away but as we are on the 15th floor, I cant imagine its signal would
> strong enough here
>
> Anyone got any obvious suggestions as to what is wrong with my computer
> which prevents it from logging into the next-door 'network'?
>
> MFS

Win2K is not nearly as automatic in configuring wireless connections as
XP. Have you tried opening the software that came with the Orinoco card
and see if it finds the AP?

WinXP will look for WAP's and will try to connect automatically. And if it
finds more than one, I've seen it connect to the one with the stronger
signal. Win2000 doesn't do any of that. to connect with Win2000, it's easier
to use the software that comes with most WiFi cards, the software will then
take care of the scanning and connecting.


"My father's son" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:biocnd$3eq$(E-Mail Removed)...
> My next door neighbor just bought an 802.11b (or g) system to connect all
> his XP Home computers in his apartment together to his cable modem
>
> When he installed it, everything worked immediately on all computers and
> without any particular configuration
>
> He had however left his laptop at work and I lent him mine running Windows
> 2000 with an Orinoco card which I had lying around, he said that it didn't
> connect to the network.
>
> The next day he brought his XP notebook home from work and told me that it
> works perfectly with my card and with out any hitches or configuration.
>
> I brought my notebook back and tried it in my apartment which must be
about
> 80 ft away from their base station he is right: it DOESN'T work. It
> doesn't give any error messages and tells me that the card is working
> properly and the lights light up and when I open IE, it SEEMS to be
looking
> for a network but nothing happens.
>
> I also know that there is a wifi station (in a coffee shop or something?)
a
> block away but as we are on the 15th floor, I cant imagine its signal
would
> strong enough here
>
> Anyone got any obvious suggestions as to what is wrong with my computer
> which prevents it from logging into the next-door 'network'?
>
> MFS
>
>

My card is a Lucent Orinoco card and they are a bit stingy with their
software (unless someone knows otherwise) I have spent quite a bit of time
spinning uselessly around the Lucent and Agere sites


"SpaceWalker" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:L5l4b.803$(E-Mail Removed)...
> WinXP will look for WAP's and will try to connect automatically. And if it
> finds more than one, I've seen it connect to the one with the stronger
> signal. Win2000 doesn't do any of that. to connect with Win2000, it's
easier
> to use the software that comes with most WiFi cards, the software will
then
> take care of the scanning and connecting.
>
>
> "My father's son" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:biocnd$3eq$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > My next door neighbor just bought an 802.11b (or g) system to connect
all
> > his XP Home computers in his apartment together to his cable modem
> >
> > When he installed it, everything worked immediately on all computers and
> > without any particular configuration
> >
> > He had however left his laptop at work and I lent him mine running
Windows
> > 2000 with an Orinoco card which I had lying around, he said that it
didn't
> > connect to the network.
> >
> > The next day he brought his XP notebook home from work and told me that
it
> > works perfectly with my card and with out any hitches or configuration.
> >
> > I brought my notebook back and tried it in my apartment which must be
> about
> > 80 ft away from their base station he is right: it DOESN'T work. It
> > doesn't give any error messages and tells me that the card is working
> > properly and the lights light up and when I open IE, it SEEMS to be
> looking
> > for a network but nothing happens.
> >
> > I also know that there is a wifi station (in a coffee shop or
something?)
> a
> > block away but as we are on the 15th floor, I cant imagine its signal
> would
> > strong enough here
> >
> > Anyone got any obvious suggestions as to what is wrong with my computer
> > which prevents it from logging into the next-door 'network'?
> >
> > MFS
> >
> >
>
>
>

I just wanted to let you know that you need to find out what the default SSID
is for the base station and once you find that out you can right click on
your network neighborhood and then go to properties then right click on your
wireless network device and go to properties then click on your your hardware
device properties button then go to the advanced tab and there should be a
place for your SSID and then put the SSID in there and that should take care
of it. I hope it works. Your buddy should have the SSID because it shows up
in windows XP for available networks.

DVDA

In article <bisshi$oae$(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed)
says...
> My card is a Lucent Orinoco card and they are a bit stingy with their
> software (unless someone knows otherwise) I have spent quite a bit of time
> spinning uselessly around the Lucent and Agere sites
>

You'll find the software here, just input the device type in the drop
down menu.
http://www.expressresponse.com/cgi-b...2/showFaq.cgi?
search_erproduct=

Watch out for line wrap in the URL above.

---Matthew