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| Thread ID: 65030 | 2006-01-05 02:58:00 | wifi on laptop not working | Mirddes (10) | Press F1 |
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| 418364 | 2006-01-05 04:44:00 | Did the DLink come with a "monitor" programme? Such things often have a scanning function which finds other WiFi units in range, and also, often, a setup routine. If you can see what SSID the laptop is using, you can set to that. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 418365 | 2006-01-05 05:04:00 | scans with that and netstumbler come back empty handed | Mirddes (10) | ||
| 418366 | 2006-01-05 05:41:00 | Just ditch the windows wizard and do it manually, so much easier. You may have to use the wizard to create the network on your desktop PC, but it'll be a hell of alot easier just to manually connect to it with the laptop. Any reason you didnt just buy a standalone AP? | Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 418367 | 2006-01-05 06:17:00 | I take it, you've given both ip addresses as well. Just like an ethernet network? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 418368 | 2006-01-05 08:16:00 | where to i go to do it manually? yeah i assigned ipaddresses for the wifi connections. the reason i didnt get an ap is just to reduce clutter, nicer just having 5 wires coming out of my computer. also i plan on having the wifi card in a dedicated box with alot of otehr stuff in in within a few months. |
Mirddes (10) | ||
| 418369 | 2006-01-07 10:51:00 | bump | Mirddes (10) | ||
| 418370 | 2006-01-07 22:48:00 | It appears that the D-Link unit in the desktop is working . It appears that the laptop's WiFi can't even be set up . If it's not set up, it (probably) won't work . That is (probably) confirmed by the fact that the D-Link monitor doesn't see it . ;) (I'm not too convinced by the fact that Netstumbler doesn't see it . . I've not had much success with looking for my own things with that, or with Ethereal) . One PCI WiFi I have doesn't like being turned on before the others it's supposed to talk to . It seems to want to see another one transmitting while it is starting up . But you're not getting far enough to hit a bug like that . This seems to be a software problem . Have a look at the laptop's Windows Hardware Manager . Does the WiFi have a yellow question mark? Anyway, look at its driver page, and do the reinstall the driver trick . And, of course, Google: try the laptop's make and model, with "WiFi problem" as the search string . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 418371 | 2006-01-07 23:01:00 | i turned my computer on 2day and saw that my desktop seems to be seeing the laptop (i think, orelse its seeing itself). its seeing a wifi thingy with the ssid of Shekma, very low signal strength, windowsfirewall turned on (my dad wanted norton on his laptop, and im not gogin to mess with that). so i try to connect and it needs a key. GAR. i rush inside to reconfigure it and well, it couldnt see my desktop, and still wont let me configure it. any ideas? asfar as looking on google, when i type in the laptops name i dont get many results in english (363). would a problem like this be covered by warranty, should i just advise my dad to get it replaced ect, and hope that this time it actually works? would a fresh install of windows do it anygood? should i get a PCMCIA wifi card, even though it woudl be a waste of money if i just replace the whole thing? |
Mirddes (10) | ||
| 418372 | 2006-01-07 23:28:00 | after messing around with netstumbler, in the device menu, i changed the device it was using and it found 2 aps, both named shekma, i know the laptop isnt named shekma, and i live in a relitivly poor part of town so i doubt anyone here woudl have wifi as drugs would be further up their list of priorities than tech goodies, so whos aps are they, cause i wouldnt think it woudl find itself , and now im getting paranoid. | Mirddes (10) | ||
| 418373 | 2006-01-07 23:58:00 | Ok the way youve configured your Wifi cards means that youve got two networks, what you need to do is manually configure the laptop. By using the wizard on both PC's youve setup two networks with the same SSID. Assuming youve got drivers installed for you wifi controller on the laptop all you need to do is to tell windows to connect to the network being broadcast by the desktop. Go into network connection then dbl click on the Wireless Network Connection, then click on view wireless networks. You should be able to see the network being broadcast by the desktop, simply click connect and butter bing butter bang, youve got yourself a working wifi network. If you cant see the wifi network then either the desktop isnt configured correctly or the laptops being a stubborn mule. Would you like some pictures explaining what to do? Oh and its probably a good idea to stop broadcasting a network on the laptop. |
Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
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