Re: Wireless connects but only partially

Your IPv4 address should be in the same subnet as the wired connection, though, right? For example both might be 192.168.1.x. The first three octets should match in both addresses.

Can you browse the server? For example, if you go to Start -> Run and type in \\<servername> does it bring up an Explorer window showing the shares on the server, as it does with a wired PC? I wouldn't worry about ping too much - it's possible your WAP is blocking ping.

This is what I would do. First, go into the router configuration and set it as an access point rather than a router. This is probably documented in the instructions for the device. Make sure DHCP is turned off on the router, and that the wired router connection is using a fixed IP address from the exclusion range on the SBS (or a DHCP reservation). The access point shouldn't be getting an IP from DHCP. Make sure that MAC address filtering is either disabled, or correctly configured to the exact MAC address of the wireless card on the client PC.

Now make sure that the router, and the wireless card on the PC, are configured exactly the same. Choose WPA personal or WPA2 personal, but make sure it's the same on both. Then, if WPA, choose TKIP encryption on both. If WPA2, choose AES encryption on both. Very carefully make sure that the same key is used on both the router and in the configuration on the client PC.

At this point, hopefully everything will be working as expected. If not, please post back.


"Rick" <Rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:D6C81113-448F-4CFC-97A9-90943A6EEBFD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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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