Re: Trouble setting up a secure wireless network

Hi Chuck
Please bear with me. My current wireless status is that I am hooked up with
an unsecure wireless network. At this point I can access the Internet from
both my desktop and my laptop. My primary question is how can I setup a
secure wireless connection.

I am running windows XP Home, Service Pack 2 on both the desktop and the
laptop. I was able to run the ipconfig notepad information for both
computers. I will try to insert the information in this reply. When I tried
to run the browstat stauts command in the command line, I got a message that
stated that "browstat is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file".



Windows IP Configuration for my Desktop



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : D17LHJ31

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : nycap.rr.com



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : nycap.rr.com

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network
Connection

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-07-E9-EA-2A-9A

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.102

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.92.226.9

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, December 17, 2005
3:46:12 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, December 18, 2005
3:46:12 PM



Windows IP Configuration for the laptop



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : ANNE

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : nycap.rr.com



Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : nycap.rr.com

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network
Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-F5-6F-1F-2F

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.92.226.9

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, December 17, 2005
6:55:58 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, December 18, 2005
6:55:58 PM



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Ethernet NIC

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-A0-D1-22-40-36

Thank you.

--
Phil G


"Chuck" wrote:

> On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 13:34:02 -0800, Phil G <PhilG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> >I am running Windows XP Home SP 2 on my desktop and laptop using a broadband
> >connection. My desktop is connected to a linksys router (WRT54GS) which
> >provides the wireless signal to my laptop. When I try to set up a WPA
> >secure network, on the laptop, I can connect to the laptop but I cannot
> >connect to the internet. If I set up the default unsecured network through
> >the linksys router, I can connnect wtih no problems. Can someone advise me
> >as to how to resolve this problem?
>
> Phil,
>
> Did you perhaps mistype your complaint? Is "When I try to set up a WPA secure
> network, on the laptop, I can connect to the laptop" supposed to read "When I
> try to set up a WPA secure network, on the laptop, I can connect to the
> desktop"?
>
> Let's look at "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from each computer, with the
> laptop connected. Read this article, and linked articles, and follow
> instructions precisely:
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
> My email is AT DOT
> actual address pchuck mvps org.
>
.

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