It is sounding like the router is configured correctly but our Windows box is not. Check the Network Card Advanced Configuration properties. * If the network card is set to support 22MB change it to support only 11MB or less * I am not sure the Dell WNIC uses the same chipset but the D-Link cards that I have worked with have a 4x mode that has caused problems with my Linksys WTRG54 router. I have noticed if the access point is using an Ad-hoc network, you need to tell the Windows Zero Configuration to allow the Ad-hoc connection. You can find this by right clicking on the wireless connection icon in the systray and clicking the View Wireless Networks. If you do not, Windows will appear to be connected to the network but it will not send any information to the network. If you are using the Windows Zero Configuration try disabling it and using the utilities that come with the wireless card. Generally you will have more information and are able to better customize your connection. Set the ssid to match the ssid on the Netgear router. If you are not using the Windows Zero Configuration, try enabling it just to see if it will get us setup correctly. Let us know if the card is sending and receiving packets. Are we pulling an IP address? Thanks, Andrew. ________________________________ From: tcwug-list-bounces at tcwug.org on behalf of Oscar.Bagasha Sent: Tue 12/23/2003 11:30 AM To: Lee, Blackie; relliott at subrad.com; relliott at medilinks.net; jbrown at saoic.org Subject: [TCWUG] Wireless Setting I am trying to setup a wireless connection between a Netgear MR814v2 wireless router and a dell laptop containg the Dell TrueMobile 2100 Mini PCI wireless card for a friend . He is running Windows XP Home on the laptop the came bundled on the dell laptop (don't ask me why... I would have FDISKed the Laptop the minute I got) but anyways, The router works fine when I connect to a computer using a cable. I can't get the wireless network to communicate. My laptop acknowledges that the network is there but will not connect to it. I've tried configuring it with and without WEP. This is what I have already done. * Disabled WEP on both units * Dude had MCAFee Firewall - disable that quick * Changed the SSID to ANY so it picks up on any available network * Upgraded the FIRMWARE from 4.11 to 5.00 (lastest) * Tried various frequencies Any Suggestions? Thanks, Oscar --------------------- Oscar Bagasha CSC Specialist - ARC 612-304-0729 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 6593 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tcwug-list/attachments/20031223/62cfe683/attachment.bin -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list at tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list