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General discussion

no wireless connection

by kjhess Mar 22, 2006 10:46PM PST

please help...new to this...new hardwares, too...

i have an hp (running xp) with built in wireless lan (802.11g) and linksys router model WRT54GC...

i was able to connect the motorola modem, router and desktop with cables...works fine...able to get online.

but changed setp from wired to wireless...i do see the network being available but unable to connect. please advice?

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Firewal

by dingster1 Mar 23, 2006 5:06AM PST

Check the firewall. IT gives the most issues

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some steps

by linkit Mar 23, 2006 5:24AM PST

Go into the router admin page and do the following:
- set SSID name to something unique (different from your neighbors)
- turn on SSID broadcast
- set broadcast mode to wireless-g (or b/g)
- turn off all encryption (WEP or WPA disabled for now)
- turn off MAC adddress filtering (for now)
- save settings

Make sure your wireless-g adapter is set to "g".

Rt-click on your wireless network adapter and select VIEW AVAILABLE WIRELESS NETWORKS. Try to connect to the network with your SSID name.

If it works, then add the wireless security you desire. From a wired connection, add encryption, MAC filtering, turn off SSID, etc.

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