wireless internet problems

Hi, I've found out that there is a wireless net connection in my area and
I've been able to get my computer to detect the connection which I figured is
the first step. I have been unable to get my computer to connect to the
internet however and was wondering if I have to alter my browser settings so
that i can access the internet.
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cheers

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:59:01 -0700, MR EDDD wrote:

> Hi, I've found out that there is a wireless net connection in my area and
> I've been able to get my computer to detect the connection which I figured is
> the first step. I have been unable to get my computer to connect to the
> internet however and was wondering if I have to alter my browser settings so
> that i can access the internet.

Do you know the wifi ssid, wep or wpa keys? If not, whoever owns the wifi
net is blocking you, as he should.

I've asked the other people on the network and they said they dont use any
keys.
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cheers


"BobC" wrote:

> On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:59:01 -0700, MR EDDD wrote:
>
> > Hi, I've found out that there is a wireless net connection in my area and
> > I've been able to get my computer to detect the connection which I figured is
> > the first step. I have been unable to get my computer to connect to the
> > internet however and was wondering if I have to alter my browser settings so
> > that i can access the internet.
>
> Do you know the wifi ssid, wep or wpa keys? If not, whoever owns the wifi
> net is blocking you, as he should.
>

It could be a number of things, your driver software should give you an
indication if the access point you are attempting to connect to is secure or
not. If it is secure you'll need the keys. If it appears to not be secure,
and you still can not connect then it may be using MAC address filtering,
where the owner has set his device up to only talk to approved computers. Or
there is the possibility you don't have your laptop configured correctly.
Sometimes you can take your laptop to a local library and someone will set
it up to connect for you. You may also want to take a look at the following
page:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u.../internet.mspx
there are instructions at the bottom based on your OS.

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"MR EDDD" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I've asked the other people on the network and they said they dont use any
> keys.
> --
> cheers
>
>
> "BobC" wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:59:01 -0700, MR EDDD wrote:
>>
>> > Hi, I've found out that there is a wireless net connection in my area
>> > and
>> > I've been able to get my computer to detect the connection which I
>> > figured is
>> > the first step. I have been unable to get my computer to connect to
>> > the
>> > internet however and was wondering if I have to alter my browser
>> > settings so
>> > that i can access the internet.
>>
>> Do you know the wifi ssid, wep or wpa keys? If not, whoever owns the wifi
>> net is blocking you, as he should.
>>