Wireless Network Problem with U.S. Robotics

Hi Everyone,

I've got two U.S. Robotics products. Both operate on 802.11 G. The first
is a wireless PCI adapter (USR5416) and the other is a wireless router
(USR8054). After failing to set my whole network up quickly and painlessly,
I figure it's time for the baby steps method. So this is what I've done.
I've installed the adapter into one of my computers and I'm trying to access
the router's config utility through it wirelessly. Nothing else is
connected to either the router or the computer. They are just connected to
each other wirelessly. And...? No connection. The adapter's "site survey"
brings up the router and says it has a signal strength of 99. The adapter's
network type is set to infrastructure. Still nothing...

My computer recognizes the card seamlessly. The only problem here was that
the adapter would not find it's own IP (I presume this is because it could
not connect to the router). I manually set the router's IP, subnet mask and
default gateway to what it should have been if it were talking with the
router. Still nothing...

Any help would be MUCH appreciated!

Myrqry

Configuring the router should always be done through a computer connected by
a network (ethernet) cable. Until it's correctly configured you will likely
have problems getting a wireless client to connect to it.

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"Myrqry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi Everyone,
>
> I've got two U.S. Robotics products. Both operate on 802.11 G. The first
> is a wireless PCI adapter (USR5416) and the other is a wireless router
> (USR8054). After failing to set my whole network up quickly and
> painlessly,
> I figure it's time for the baby steps method. So this is what I've done.
> I've installed the adapter into one of my computers and I'm trying to
> access
> the router's config utility through it wirelessly. Nothing else is
> connected to either the router or the computer. They are just connected
> to
> each other wirelessly. And...? No connection. The adapter's "site
> survey"
> brings up the router and says it has a signal strength of 99. The
> adapter's
> network type is set to infrastructure. Still nothing...
>
> My computer recognizes the card seamlessly. The only problem here was
> that
> the adapter would not find it's own IP (I presume this is because it could
> not connect to the router). I manually set the router's IP, subnet mask
> and
> default gateway to what it should have been if it were talking with the
> router. Still nothing...
>
> Any help would be MUCH appreciated!
>
> Myrqry
>
>