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BeFree

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Fri May-26-06 04:04 PM
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Used laptop - first wireless- Help!

Have wireless card installed Netgear Rangemax -Ok

Looking at wireless router at friends

Netgear program says signal good

No connection - anybody?

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unhappycamper

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Fri May-26-06 04:25 PM
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1. You friend may have WEP encryption turned on.

If so, your laptop can 'see' the router, but cannot connnect because of WEP.

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BeFree

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Fri May-26-06 04:39 PM
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2. Thanks

Will a hammer turn off the WEP?

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unhappycamper

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Fri May-26-06 04:45 PM
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3. Naaaah.

WEP is a good thing. You should be able to get the WEP key by having your friend look at the router settings from his machine. The book on the router should tell you how to do this. If he doesn't have a book, you should be able to google the manual & it will tell you how to find/set the WEP key.

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hobbit709

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Fri May-26-06 06:17 PM
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4. If you're getting a signal

and its not encrypted or even if it is encrypted and you have the key you may have to run the Network Connection Wizard to make sure your computer has the right proxy settings to communicate. Had that problem recently: all the IP settings were at 0.

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welshTerrier2

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Fri May-26-06 06:56 PM
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5. all of the above and ...

your friend might be using "MAC address filtering" ...

this is nothing more than a setting in his router software that allows him to enter the "MAC address" (it's sort of like a serial number) of any cards that are allowed to talk to the router ...

have him check to see whether he's using this form of security ... if so, it would take about 10 seconds to add your wireless card's MAC address to the list ... your card's MAC address should be listed right on your card ...

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BeFree

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Fri May-26-06 09:25 PM
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6. No hammer needed

Another education in computers.... its connected. Not sure just how, but its connected. I think I had to take down the firewall, or just gave the new computer on the network the right name. Found key. Found MAC #'s. But connected without using either on on the netgear dialog box. For a minute all signals were gone, but click this, click that, and new signal and connection! Thanks everybody!

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