Re: Did hotel wireless screw me over ?
From: rabid (spamrclarke_at_idirect.com)
Date: 03/21/04
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Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 23:12:03 -0500
Thanks Jim
I'm broadcasting ssid...
the laptop scans all and doesn't pick up any...
I will try to set it to one channel - did that already but try it
again..
Randall
On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 16:58:35 -0800, "Jim" <null@null.com> wrotf:
>Is your router broadcasting it's SSID? If not, enable it. Second, out of
>curiosity, try changing the SSID to same one used at the hotel (both router
>and client). If that works, then change them back to your original SSID,
>check again.
>
>What I'm thinking here is that somehow the adapter is confused, possibly
>because your home and hotel used the same SSID?? Or your home router is not
>broadcasting, but the hotel was, etc.
>
>One other possibility is that if you have broadcasting OFF (I'm talking
>about the "broadcasted" SSID, the top box in the Windows Wireless config
>dialog, not the preferred network, below it, that could simply have been
>obtained from a prior broadcast), and a neighbor has their broadcasting ON,
>your client will *always* attempt to attach to the neighbor's wireless
>system, even if your client and router's SSID match, and the neighbor's
>doesn't ( http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811427 ).
>
>HTH
>
>Jim
>
>
>
>"rabid" <spamrclarke@idirect.com> wrote in message
>news:e5op501hrsbi2c65r3beht55mu81g9n6m4@4ax.com...
>> Not a networking expert.
>> Have 2 desktops (win2k) 1 laptop (xp home)
>> All ran perfectly, off the hop, with both a dlink and the upgraded smc
>> wireless. Went to Buffalo last week, was able to pick up wireless from
>> my room, signed in and used it....Got home, my wireless does not work
>> any longer....I get the message "wireless connection unavailable" in
>> network connections.. When I connect with the cat cable everything
>> works, its only wireless...
>>
>> I have tried the following...
>> I updated to latest firmware for smc router
>> wep disabled in router, and in wireless connection properties
>> firewall on laptop disabled
>> Removal and reinstall of nic, wireless, 1394, mac in device manager
>> Moving stuff to and from "network bridge"
>> latest drivers installed for the wireless card - intersil prism
>> wireless lan pci card
>> ssid is being broadcast, the prism software shows it scanning right
>> past the channel
>> authentication on and off
>> dhcp is enabled and strangely enough I can see it in the router
>> software in the dhcp client log
>>
>> everything was working perfectly before. My laptop is 10 feet from the
>> router, even tried it 2 feet away. Why is this not working ? When I
>> run the connection wizard it shows the wireless card as " disconnected
>> hardware:" . Wireless available networks show nothing, I deleted the
>> hotel in preferred networks... My buddy also connects via wireless
>> using my network but he is not here. If he was, at least he could
>> confirm or not if the router was somehow the problem
>>
>> appreciate any comments, about 3 hours troubleshooting this so far...
>> next step Maybe I will reimage from 3 months ago and see if it will
>> work
>>
>> thanks
>
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