Wireless Networking - 3Com

hi

I couldnt find a 3Com Newsgroup so i am hoping someone here knows about
things.

At work they have a wireless BT Broadband, router is a 3Com Office Connect.

Theres no networking between computers they just wireless connect to the
router to get on the internet, emails etc.

I wanted to connect this Win 98 pc there is there by using a USB Adapter
So i bought a 3Com (3CRUSB10075) USB Office Connect Wireless 54Mbps 11g
Compact USB Adapter
(http://www.3com.com/prod/en_UK_EMEA/...ku=3CRUSB10075
)

Plugged it in loaded up the software and all seemed well

But i cant get it to connect to the router to go on the internet or do
emails?

Is anyone familiar with this product, and know what im doing wrong?

I wanted it to wireless connect to the internet like the laptops do at work
but a temporary connection when needed.

thanks
shirl

Shirl wrote:
> hi
>
> I couldnt find a 3Com Newsgroup so i am hoping someone here knows about
> things.
>
> At work they have a wireless BT Broadband, router is a 3Com Office Connect.
>
> Theres no networking between computers they just wireless connect to the
> router to get on the internet, emails etc.
>
> I wanted to connect this Win 98 pc there is there by using a USB Adapter
> So i bought a 3Com (3CRUSB10075) USB Office Connect Wireless 54Mbps 11g
> Compact USB Adapter
> (http://www.3com.com/prod/en_UK_EMEA/...ku=3CRUSB10075
> )
>
> Plugged it in loaded up the software and all seemed well
>
> But i cant get it to connect to the router to go on the internet or do
> emails?
>
> Is anyone familiar with this product, and know what im doing wrong?
>
> I wanted it to wireless connect to the internet like the laptops do at work
> but a temporary connection when needed.
>
> thanks
> shirl
>
>
>

Can you SEE thewireless network you want to connect to? (You will need
to know the SSID or network name - the wireless adapter should show
available networks and that should be one of them.
Do you know what the encryption of the required network is?
(uinencrypted or WEP or variations of WAP or other- type depends on
environment - a work environment will have different encryption to a
home network - your wireless adapter must support the encryption type
used by the router)
Do you have the encryption key for that network and have you configured
your wireless adapter with the right encryption type and the right key?

--
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http://www.wimborne-baptist.org.uk
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Hi,

> Can you SEE thewireless network you want to connect to? (You will need
> to know the SSID or network name - the wireless adapter should show
> available networks and that should be one of them.

When i refresh the site info it shows no networks to connect to
someone at work gave me the SSID name which i put in

> Do you know what the encryption of the required network is?
> (uinencrypted or WEP or variations of WAP or other- type depends on
> environment - a work environment will have different encryption to a
> home network - your wireless adapter must support the encryption type
> used by the router)

I got everything set on auto on the setup screen of the Adapter.
I dont know this info, should i try each one?

> Do you have the encryption key for that network and have you configured
> your wireless adapter with the right encryption type and the right key?

I havent done this, not sure what it should be set at.

This adapter should work like i hope it should shouldnt it, by connecting to
a broadband router to connect to internet?

thanks
shirl








"Robert M Jones" <robert53newsgroups-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Shirl wrote:
> > hi
> >
> > I couldnt find a 3Com Newsgroup so i am hoping someone here knows about
> > things.
> >
> > At work they have a wireless BT Broadband, router is a 3Com Office
Connect.
> >
> > Theres no networking between computers they just wireless connect to the
> > router to get on the internet, emails etc.
> >
> > I wanted to connect this Win 98 pc there is there by using a USB Adapter
> > So i bought a 3Com (3CRUSB10075) USB Office Connect Wireless 54Mbps 11g
> > Compact USB Adapter
> >
(http://www.3com.com/prod/en_UK_EMEA/...ku=3CRUSB10075
> > )
> >
> > Plugged it in loaded up the software and all seemed well
> >
> > But i cant get it to connect to the router to go on the internet or do
> > emails?
> >
> > Is anyone familiar with this product, and know what im doing wrong?
> >
> > I wanted it to wireless connect to the internet like the laptops do at
work
> > but a temporary connection when needed.
> >
> > thanks
> > shirl
> >
> >
> >
>
> Can you SEE thewireless network you want to connect to? (You will need
> to know the SSID or network name - the wireless adapter should show
> available networks and that should be one of them.
> Do you know what the encryption of the required network is?
> (uinencrypted or WEP or variations of WAP or other- type depends on
> environment - a work environment will have different encryption to a
> home network - your wireless adapter must support the encryption type
> used by the router)
> Do you have the encryption key for that network and have you configured
> your wireless adapter with the right encryption type and the right key?
>
> --
> Rev Robert M Jones, Wimborne Baptist Church, UK
> http://www.wimborne-baptist.org.uk
> Free trial of Mailwasher Pro - effective email spam filter - (commission
> goes to our partners in Bulgaria)
> http://fta.firetrust.com/index.cgi?id=420

Shirl wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> Can you SEE thewireless network you want to connect to? (You will need
>> to know the SSID or network name - the wireless adapter should show
>> available networks and that should be one of them.
>
> When i refresh the site info it shows no networks to connect to
> someone at work gave me the SSID name which i put in
>
>> Do you know what the encryption of the required network is?
>> (uinencrypted or WEP or variations of WAP or other- type depends on
>> environment - a work environment will have different encryption to a
>> home network - your wireless adapter must support the encryption type
>> used by the router)
>
> I got everything set on auto on the setup screen of the Adapter.
> I dont know this info, should i try each one?
>
>> Do you have the encryption key for that network and have you configured
>> your wireless adapter with the right encryption type and the right key?
>
> I havent done this, not sure what it should be set at.
>
> This adapter should work like i hope it should shouldnt it, by connecting to
> a broadband router to connect to internet?
>
> thanks
> shirl
>
>
>
The adapter should show you the available wireless networks, including
the one you actually mean to connect to, but if they are encrypted,
which a work wireless network should be, then you can't actually connect
to the router without setting up the encryption method and the key.

--
Rev Robert M Jones, Wimborne Baptist Church, UK
http://www.wimborne-baptist.org.uk
Free trial of Mailwasher Pro - effective email spam filter - (commission
goes to our partners in Bulgaria)
http://fta.firetrust.com/index.cgi?id=420

On Wed, 2 Aug 2006 22:09:38 +0100, Shirl wrote:


>
> This adapter should work like i hope it should shouldnt it, by connecting to
> a broadband router to connect to internet?
>
> thanks
> shirl
>

Do you have win 98 SE? Won't work with win 98.

yes its windows 98SE


"BobC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Wed, 2 Aug 2006 22:09:38 +0100, Shirl wrote:
>
>
> >
> > This adapter should work like i hope it should shouldnt it, by
connecting to
> > a broadband router to connect to internet?
> >
> > thanks
> > shirl
> >
>
> Do you have win 98 SE? Won't work with win 98.

"Shirl" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> hi
>
> I couldnt find a 3Com Newsgroup so i am hoping someone here knows about
> things.
>
> At work they have a wireless BT Broadband, router is a 3Com Office
Connect.
>
> Theres no networking between computers they just wireless connect to the
> router to get on the internet, emails etc.
>
> I wanted to connect this Win 98 pc there is there by using a USB Adapter
> So i bought a 3Com (3CRUSB10075) USB Office Connect Wireless 54Mbps 11g
> Compact USB Adapter
>
(http://www.3com.com/prod/en_UK_EMEA/...ku=3CRUSB10075
> )
>
> Plugged it in loaded up the software and all seemed well
>
> But i cant get it to connect to the router to go on the internet or do
> emails?
>
> Is anyone familiar with this product, and know what im doing wrong?
>
> I wanted it to wireless connect to the internet like the laptops do at
work
> but a temporary connection when needed.
>
> thanks
> shirl
>
>
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