Wireless Networking Issue

Hi Folks,

I am looking for any assistance with the following problem.

I have a Toshiba Laptop, Centrino, think its the M60 although not 100%,
and it has an Intel 2200BG wireless card built in. The system is using
Windows XP, SP 2.

I have recently moved house, and was promised free internet by the
landlord, via his wireless router.

When I search for the router, I can see it fine. He gave me a WEP key,
and when I tried it, it said connected with Limited or No Connectivity.
I tried to repair and nothing happened. I disabled my Firewall and
nothing happened. I then tried a different WEP code, which was
completely wrong, and I received the same outcome.

I guessed at this point that the WEP key was causing havoc, so the
landlord disabled the WEP key, and I tried to connect to the Unsecured
network. This caused the same outcome.

After some research on the net, I discovered that the router wasnt
assigning an appropriate IP address.

I changed the TCP/IP settings from obtain automatic to the following:

IP: 192.168.1.37

DNS: 195.170.0.1
DNS2: 195.170.2.2

The DNS settings are those provided by the ISP , Otenet, over here in
Greece.

It then said I was connected, with Excellent signal, and would send
packets, but absolutely nothing being received.

I have connected to other Otenet wireless points here with absolutely
no problem. The landlord said that a couple of others have had the same
problem, yet 2 guys upstairs, plus the landlord and his son, can connect
to the network fine - 3 of them wirelessly.

Is there something I should be doing here, and I am missing? I dont
believe its a card problem, as I have used the card several times in
recent weeks on different networks, and had no problems. And the fact
that other people have had similar problems, coupled with the fact that
others have had no problems, is leaving me absolutely stumped... can
only assume its a settings problem?

Thanks in advance,

Kris


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"Dandy_Don" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I am looking for any assistance with the following problem.
>
> I have a Toshiba Laptop, Centrino, think its the M60 although not 100%,
> and it has an Intel 2200BG wireless card built in. The system is using
> Windows XP, SP 2.
>
> I have recently moved house, and was promised free internet by the
> landlord, via his wireless router.
>
> When I search for the router, I can see it fine. He gave me a WEP key,
> and when I tried it, it said connected with Limited or No Connectivity.
> I tried to repair and nothing happened. I disabled my Firewall and
> nothing happened. I then tried a different WEP code, which was
> completely wrong, and I received the same outcome.
>
> I guessed at this point that the WEP key was causing havoc, so the
> landlord disabled the WEP key, and I tried to connect to the Unsecured
> network. This caused the same outcome.
>
> After some research on the net, I discovered that the router wasnt
> assigning an appropriate IP address.
>
> I changed the TCP/IP settings from obtain automatic to the following:
>
> IP: 192.168.1.37
>
> DNS: 195.170.0.1
> DNS2: 195.170.2.2
>
> The DNS settings are those provided by the ISP , Otenet, over here in
> Greece.
>
> It then said I was connected, with Excellent signal, and would send
> packets, but absolutely nothing being received.
>
> I have connected to other Otenet wireless points here with absolutely
> no problem. The landlord said that a couple of others have had the same
> problem, yet 2 guys upstairs, plus the landlord and his son, can connect
> to the network fine - 3 of them wirelessly.
>
> Is there something I should be doing here, and I am missing? I dont
> believe its a card problem, as I have used the card several times in
> recent weeks on different networks, and had no problems. And the fact
> that other people have had similar problems, coupled with the fact that
> others have had no problems, is leaving me absolutely stumped... can
> only assume its a settings problem?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Kris
>
>
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"Dandy_Don" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I am looking for any assistance with the following problem.
>
> I have a Toshiba Laptop, Centrino, think its the M60 although not 100%,
> and it has an Intel 2200BG wireless card built in. The system is using
> Windows XP, SP 2.
>
> I have recently moved house, and was promised free internet by the
> landlord, via his wireless router.
>
> When I search for the router, I can see it fine. He gave me a WEP key,
> and when I tried it, it said connected with Limited or No Connectivity.
> I tried to repair and nothing happened. I disabled my Firewall and
> nothing happened. I then tried a different WEP code, which was
> completely wrong, and I received the same outcome.
>
> I guessed at this point that the WEP key was causing havoc, so the
> landlord disabled the WEP key, and I tried to connect to the Unsecured
> network. This caused the same outcome.
>
> After some research on the net, I discovered that the router wasnt
> assigning an appropriate IP address.
>
> I changed the TCP/IP settings from obtain automatic to the following:
>
> IP: 192.168.1.37
>
> DNS: 195.170.0.1
> DNS2: 195.170.2.2
>
> The DNS settings are those provided by the ISP , Otenet, over here in
> Greece.
>
> It then said I was connected, with Excellent signal, and would send
> packets, but absolutely nothing being received.
>
> I have connected to other Otenet wireless points here with absolutely
> no problem. The landlord said that a couple of others have had the same
> problem, yet 2 guys upstairs, plus the landlord and his son, can connect
> to the network fine - 3 of them wirelessly.
>
> Is there something I should be doing here, and I am missing? I dont
> believe its a card problem, as I have used the card several times in
> recent weeks on different networks, and had no problems. And the fact
> that other people have had similar problems, coupled with the fact that
> others have had no problems, is leaving me absolutely stumped... can
> only assume its a settings problem?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Kris
>
>

What router is your landlord using?

Forget your ISP settings as you are using the Landlord's ISP. It is the only
ISP that the router is connecting to. You will connect to your ISP from
the internet side for e-mail.

Find the make and model of your Landlord's router, then go online to the
maker's website and download the manual for your Landlord's router.
This will give you information on the router's setup.

Do not try to use an assigned IP address if your Landlord has enabled DHCP
on the router. If the Landlord has not enabled DHCP, then he
will have to assign a static IP for each computer on the router's network.
Also if DHCP is enabled it must have a spreed of addresses that
will equal the number of computers aloud to connect to his router. This must
include any print servers on the network, but printers are best
connected to the computer and not a print server as a print server's IP will
change and your computer looks for the printer at a set IP.

If your using a Firewall, you must put the router's network in the trusted
or aloud networks.

TeddyBare wrote:
> "Dandy_Don" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message news(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> I am looking for any assistance with the following problem.
>>
>> I have a Toshiba Laptop, Centrino, think its the M60 although not
>> 100%, and it has an Intel 2200BG wireless card built in. The system
>> is using Windows XP, SP 2.
>>
>> I have recently moved house, and was promised free internet by the
>> landlord, via his wireless router.
>>
>> When I search for the router, I can see it fine. He gave me a WEP
>> key, and when I tried it, it said connected with Limited or No
>> Connectivity. I tried to repair and nothing happened. I disabled my
>> Firewall and nothing happened. I then tried a different WEP code,
>> which was completely wrong, and I received the same outcome.
>>
>> I guessed at this point that the WEP key was causing havoc, so the
>> landlord disabled the WEP key, and I tried to connect to the
>> Unsecured network. This caused the same outcome.
>>
>> After some research on the net, I discovered that the router wasnt
>> assigning an appropriate IP address.
>>
>> I changed the TCP/IP settings from obtain automatic to the following:
>>
>> IP: 192.168.1.37
>>
>> DNS: 195.170.0.1
>> DNS2: 195.170.2.2
>>
>> The DNS settings are those provided by the ISP , Otenet, over here in
>> Greece.
>>
>> It then said I was connected, with Excellent signal, and would send
>> packets, but absolutely nothing being received.
>>
>> I have connected to other Otenet wireless points here with absolutely
>> no problem. The landlord said that a couple of others have had the
>> same problem, yet 2 guys upstairs, plus the landlord and his son,
>> can connect to the network fine - 3 of them wirelessly.
>>
>> Is there something I should be doing here, and I am missing? I dont
>> believe its a card problem, as I have used the card several times in
>> recent weeks on different networks, and had no problems. And the fact
>> that other people have had similar problems, coupled with the fact
>> that others have had no problems, is leaving me absolutely
>> stumped... can only assume its a settings problem?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Kris
>>
>>
what IP address did you see when you had "limited" access - was it
169.xxx.xxx.xxx ?

find out what IP addresses are being used or assigned to the other folks,
and if they are using DHCP, or static addresses ?
IP address ?
Gateway address ?
DNS address ?

On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:32:51 -0500, Dandy_Don
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
<(E-Mail Removed)>:

>I am looking for any assistance with the following problem.
>
>I have a Toshiba Laptop, Centrino, think its the M60 although not 100%,
>and it has an Intel 2200BG wireless card built in. The system is using
>Windows XP, SP 2.
>
>I have recently moved house, and was promised free internet by the
>landlord, via his wireless router.
>
>When I search for the router, I can see it fine. He gave me a WEP key,
>and when I tried it, it said connected with Limited or No Connectivity.
>I tried to repair and nothing happened. I disabled my Firewall and
>nothing happened. I then tried a different WEP code, which was
>completely wrong, and I received the same outcome.
>
>I guessed at this point that the WEP key was causing havoc, so the
>landlord disabled the WEP key, and I tried to connect to the Unsecured
>network. This caused the same outcome.

WEP is too insecure to be of any real value. See if your landlord will
switch to WPA. If so, hardware reset the router and start over from the
beginning.

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