WIRELESS GROUP PRBLEMS

Hi There

Have a few problems while trying to access my wireless router. I have set up
the connection and am having trouble actaully connecting. It says that the
connection is unsecure and would i like to connect any way. i click yes but
this is then repeated.

When i do get a connection, if i ping the router it will say "destination
host not available."

I checked the router by linking directly with a laptop and it says its ip
address range is 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.250

The ip address on my computer is obtained automatically, it is usually
coming up and around 162.254........

Would changing the range of the ip address on the comp so it fits with the
router, however, i dont want to be using static ip adresses.

is there something i am missing plain and simple?

any help is very greatful

Many Thanks

Hi

The 169.254.xxxx.xxxx IP is the default IP that Windows sets when it can not
find an IP Server (DHCP). In your case it means that there is No Wireless
connection to the Router, so changing the IP manually would not help.

Make sure that the Wireless Card is installed correctly and the Network is
set Right

In General, you can debug the Network Settings of a computer by following
these steps.

Step One. Check the Network parameters in the Computer's Device Manager.
Make sure that the Network Card drivers are installed correctly; i.e. there
is No IRQ conflict, and No Ghost installation.
http://www.ezlan.net/faq#ghost

Step Two Verify Basic network setting in the OS:
http://www.ezlan.net/Installing#verify

If every thing checks correctly reconfigure the Wireless.

Wireless - Basic Configuration: http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html

Wireless Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html

Jack (MVP-Networking).



"David Harrison" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:62A1EE18-71CC-4225-8DA3-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi There
>
> Have a few problems while trying to access my wireless router. I have set
> up
> the connection and am having trouble actaully connecting. It says that the
> connection is unsecure and would i like to connect any way. i click yes
> but
> this is then repeated.
>
> When i do get a connection, if i ping the router it will say "destination
> host not available."
>
> I checked the router by linking directly with a laptop and it says its ip
> address range is 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.250
>
> The ip address on my computer is obtained automatically, it is usually
> coming up and around 162.254........
>
> Would changing the range of the ip address on the comp so it fits with the
> router, however, i dont want to be using static ip adresses.
>
> is there something i am missing plain and simple?
>
> any help is very greatful
>
> Many Thanks
>
>