Re: Wireless connects but only partially

Greetings again Dave,

I followed Mr. Owen Williams configuration details and am still not
connecting. During the initial installation I followed the instructions and
setup outlined in Microsoft TechNet document, “Configure Wireless Networking
on Windows Small Business Server 2003’ explicitly.

Here are some unusual items:
When I connect thru the wireless, I can log on under the user name, however,
I cannot ping the router or the server. Also, I cannot connect to the
internet, yet my ipconfig is the same as when using Ethernet (except for IPv4
address).

Could this be the problem, when setting up my Linksys WAP and router I set
them to WPA Personal. If it is absolutely necessary to run under Radius which
of my personal certificates under my console root (SBS-Server, Wireless
Access, etc) would I use and exactly when I expand them what specific
information would I copy to my WAP setup?

--
Thank you,

Richard


"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:

Are you connecting to an access point that was in use on your network
before? Do you have other wireless client PCs that are getting the expected
experience?

The first thing that comes to mind is, do you have the access point
configured as a router instead of just an AP, and if so, is your Vista PC
getting its IP info from the DHCP server running on the router? Your client
PC needs to use the DHCP server on the SBS - you can compare an ipconfig
/all from the new PC to a PC on the wired LAN to see if it's getting and IP
in the same subnet, and pointing to the SBS for DNS and DHCP.

Here's a document by SBS MVP Owen Williams that tells the best way to
configure the wireless (I guess I should say in my opinion the best way).
If you just have the single wireless client and this is more work than it's
worth, I recommend manually configuring WPA or WPA2 authentication. I go to
www.grc.com and use the random password generator to get a 63-character key,
but in any case I recommend using a key of 30 characters or more.

Configuring Secure Wireless Network Access with Microsoft® Windows® Small
Business Server 2003
http://home.comcast.net/~clearviewtc/


"Rick" <Rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:08C5DD59-4138-4480-894A-5C045FBB52F1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

-- I have just installed a wireless network adapter on a new Vista PC
setting up the user with the WirelessUser Template.

My Vista network sharing center indicates I have access to local and
internet, however, I cannot see any of the other users I usually see when
I
was hard wired except for myself and I have no access to the internet.

I’m not certain configuring Remote Access is a prerequisite since I’m not
really using a VPN; I have stayed away from configuring this feature
because
the hard wired users on the network lose the internet when I run the
wizard.
Any thoughts? I appreciate your time.

Thank you,

Richard

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