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Thread ID: 42221 2004-02-04 09:20:00 Wi-Fi network problems Growly (6) Press F1
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212812 2004-02-04 09:20:00 Trouble shooting wifi network for friend. It's late. Doesn't let me go over. Network training skills bring me to this stage:

WiFi software can detect both computers and and join the network created by another computer. (no acess point needed, two computers - ad hoc mode). So the signal strength and everything comes up. Go to TCP settings, all in order (subnet, etc good). Cannot ping the other comp, which is strange, because of the connection status being ok, and the IP setting being ok.

Any ideas?

The cards are apparantly Belkin 54Mbps 802.11 g v.1111au, tho im not there to tell :-s
Growly (6)
212813 2004-02-04 09:33:00 Check for any personal firewall installed on either machine, or XP's built in personal firewall? tmrafi (5179)
212814 2004-02-04 09:44:00 That's a good idea, but would it really stop a ping? I didn't think it was that good. Cheers, any more ideas anyone? Growly (6)
212815 2004-02-04 19:07:00 Make sure the Wi-Fi SSID and any encryption that might be enabled is the same on both PC's wi-fi card settings. CYaBro (73)
212816 2004-02-05 05:19:00 Yeah Hi im his friend! Anyways, all the settings are the same on both machines, the network cards recognize each other, but the os's dont! (ones running XP pro, the other 98SE)! RobbyW (5226)
212817 2004-02-05 07:34:00 Hmm... not working.... Growly (6)
212818 2004-02-05 21:36:00 ok, i dont know what i did but now it works about 90% of the time, but it doesnt go at full speed RobbyW (5226)
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