Setting up new network need help!

I know this is kind of long, so sorry in advance.

I am setting up a wireless network between a desktop and a new Laptop.
My equipment is:
A DLINK D624 router
An HP desktop connected to the router with ethernet cables
a Toshiba Satellite A40 with built in wireless capability.

So far I have set up the router right out of the box with the defaults
in place.

The wireless connection to the laptop at this point seems to be
working fine.

Next step I took was to enable the MAC filter to block everything but
the MAC addresses of my two machines, still everything seems to be
working good.

Next step I took was to try to enable a 64 bit WEP key. The desktop
connection works great, nothing on the laptop.

The only way to get it working again was to go into the router
settings through the desktop and reset everything to it's default.

I assume I am somehow missing enabling the encryction on the laptop
end but being new to this wireless thing I don't know how to do that.

If my asssumption is right could someone please email this idiot
insructions to do this.

If I am not right what the heck am I missing?

Thank you all in advance

Clueless

If you don't have any luck here, try this link:
http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/dlink

They love to hate the 624

"Ashley Kuehn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) m...
> I know this is kind of long, so sorry in advance.
>
> I am setting up a wireless network between a desktop and a new Laptop.
> My equipment is:
> A DLINK D624 router
> An HP desktop connected to the router with ethernet cables
> a Toshiba Satellite A40 with built in wireless capability.
>
> So far I have set up the router right out of the box with the defaults
> in place.
>
> The wireless connection to the laptop at this point seems to be
> working fine.
>
> Next step I took was to enable the MAC filter to block everything but
> the MAC addresses of my two machines, still everything seems to be
> working good.
>
> Next step I took was to try to enable a 64 bit WEP key. The desktop
> connection works great, nothing on the laptop.
>
> The only way to get it working again was to go into the router
> settings through the desktop and reset everything to it's default.
>
> I assume I am somehow missing enabling the encryction on the laptop
> end but being new to this wireless thing I don't know how to do that.
>
> If my asssumption is right could someone please email this idiot
> insructions to do this.
>
> If I am not right what the heck am I missing?
>
> Thank you all in advance
>
> Clueless

It would be helpful if you posted what version of the MS O/S.

Duane

"Duane Arnold" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<HsKcc.85555$K91.189034@attbi_s02>...
> "Ashley Kuehn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) m...
> > I know this is kind of long, so sorry in advance.
> >
> > I am setting up a wireless network between a desktop and a new Laptop.
> > My equipment is:
> > A DLINK D624 router
> > An HP desktop connected to the router with ethernet cables
> > a Toshiba Satellite A40 with built in wireless capability.
> >
> > So far I have set up the router right out of the box with the defaults
> > in place.
> >
> > The wireless connection to the laptop at this point seems to be
> > working fine.
> >
> > Next step I took was to enable the MAC filter to block everything but
> > the MAC addresses of my two machines, still everything seems to be
> > working good.
> >
> > Next step I took was to try to enable a 64 bit WEP key. The desktop
> > connection works great, nothing on the laptop.
> >
> > The only way to get it working again was to go into the router
> > settings through the desktop and reset everything to it's default.
> >
> > I assume I am somehow missing enabling the encryction on the laptop
> > end but being new to this wireless thing I don't know how to do that.
> >
> > If my asssumption is right could someone please email this idiot
> > insructions to do this.
> >
> > If I am not right what the heck am I missing?
> >
> > Thank you all in advance
> >
> > Clueless
>
> It would be helpful if you posted what version of the MS O/S.
>
> Duane


Sorry it is Windows xp home on both machines

> It would be helpful if you posted what version of the MS O/S.
>
> Duane

Sorry I am using windows xp home on both machines.

> Next step I took was to enable the MAC filter to block everything but
> the MAC addresses of my two machines, still everything seems to be
> working good.

I think the MAC fitering only works for the wireless card to prevent other
wireless cards with their MAC from accessing your wireless network. I don't
think it has ant affect of the wired machine.

> Next step I took was to try to enable a 64 bit WEP key. The desktop
> connection works great, nothing on the laptop.
>
> The only way to get it working again was to go into the router
> settings through the desktop and reset everything to it's default.
>

You may not be entering the same WEP key on the router and the wireless card
correctly. You should try a simple key first to see if that corrects the
problem, before going to a sophisticated key.

But most likely, the WEP key the was entered by the card's utility or
possibly XP's utility to configure the card did not hold, even though it
looked like it did..

You may want to configure the card using the Device Manager to configure the
card. Right-click My Computer/properties/hardware tab/Device Manager and
find the card. Right-click/properties/Advanced and configure the card there.

You can give that a try.

Duane
What I did was not to use the card's utility or XP's utility to configure
the card

"Duane Arnold" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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>
>> Next step I took was to enable the MAC filter to block everything but
>> the MAC addresses of my two machines, still everything seems to be
>> working good.
>
> I think the MAC fitering only works for the wireless card to prevent
> other wireless cards with their MAC from accessing your wireless
> network. I don't think it has ant affect of the wired machine.

<snip>

Depends on the router. My SMC 2404WBR has MAC address filtering which
filters access on both wireless and LAN ports. I could not figure out
why a PC connected to one of its LAN ports was able to ping another PC on
a different LAN port (of the same SMC router) but could not ping or
access the router's web page or any wirelessly connected clients. After
I used a different PC to add the MAC address of the 1st PC to its list of
acceptable MACs, all was ok and well.

Not MAC filtered: LAN-to-LAN
MAC filtered: LAN-to-WAN
LAN-to-wireless
WAN-to-wireless

Go figure. Plus I have to add the MAC addresses of all PCs connecting
from behind a wireless bridge too. Too bad they didn't put in an extra
field in the MAC filters page for a short description for each MAC - i.e.
messy setup now.