Re: New Vista Laptop Does Not Connect

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Some computers may have a problem to access a wireless with MAC address filtering and WEP enabled. Just try WEP or MAC address filtering only first.

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"Denis8991" <Denis8991.3nypc0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Denis8991.3nypc0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Just obtained a new Samsung laptop with Vista Home Premium. On wireless
network I have MAC address filtering and WEP (yes, I know WPA is
better), with three XP and one Vista computers already connecting.

Two problems - firstly, when I use IPCONFIG/ALL in command prompt, the
physical addresses of the network devices are all zeros - how do I get a
proper address for the wireless card?

Secondly, the new Laptop sees the network, then asks for the WEP key; I
enter that, and am told "Window cannot connect to network" as it
received no response from the router. (Obviously this is with the MAC
filtering off). Any thoughts?


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