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Workstation sees wireless router but can not connect Eugene F. 05-26-2005
Posted by Eugene F. on May 26, 2005, 12:30 pm
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I have a Windows'98SE computer with Linksys WMP11 wireless card and
Linksys BEFW11S4 router.

I can see the SSID of the router (with 50%-70% signal) but can not
connect.

Any suggestions on troubleshooting this situation?



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Posted by Richard G. Harper on May 26, 2005, 7:08 pm
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Using the proper type of encryption and password/passphrase to connect?

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>I have a Windows'98SE computer with Linksys WMP11 wireless card and
> Linksys BEFW11S4 router.
>
> I can see the SSID of the router (with 50%-70% signal) but can not
> connect.
>
> Any suggestions on troubleshooting this situation?
>




Posted by Eugene F. on May 27, 2005, 7:55 am
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Richard,

Thank you very much for the response.

> Using the proper type of encryption and password/passphrase to connect?

Both Router and workstation have WEP disabled. No MAC filtering on the
router either.

Eugene



Posted by Quaoar on May 28, 2005, 8:41 am
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Eugene F. wrote:
> Richard,
>
> Thank you very much for the response.
>
>> Using the proper type of encryption and password/passphrase to
>> connect?
>
> Both Router and workstation have WEP disabled. No MAC filtering on the
> router either.
>
> Eugene

Disable the ethernet NIC and modem, if any, reboot. What does the DHCP
client table in the router show about the new wireless? Do you see the
wireless NIC in the active wireless MAC table? Enable Netbios over
TCP/IP on the workstation. Run command, winipcfg /all and post the
results.

Q




Posted by Eugene F. on June 6, 2005, 5:34 pm
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Q,

Thank you very much for the reply.

I do not have other NIC cards (nor on-board chips). I just have
LinkSys Wireless PCI card ver. 2.7.

IP Config shows three Ethernet adaptors: two of them - "PPP" and my
wireless card.

<<< What does the DHCP client table in the router show about the new
wireless? >>>

Wireless is listed there with proper IP Address (192.168.1.102) and
correct MAC.

<<< Do you see the wireless NIC in the active wireless MAC table? >>>

Yes, it is listed as #1.

<<< Enable Netbios over TCP/IP on the workstation. >>>

Not sure how to do it.

<<< Run command, winipcfg /all and post the results. >>>

Here it goes:

IP Address: 192.168.1.102
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server: 192.168.1.1
Primary WINS server: <blank>
Secondary WINS server: <blank>

I reinstalled the card driver (as advised by Linksys Tech Support) to
no avail.

Right now I have intermittent and mostly negative results:
1. Occasionally I can establish connection with the router
2. When connection established - PING returns either only timouts (most
of the time)or timeouts and normal tramsmissions. No pattern can be
observed.

I have NIS (Norton Internet Security) 2003. Disabling does not solve
the problem.

I noticed Microsoft security patch KB891711 in both StartUp (via
MSConfig) and Add/Delete Software (Control Panel). Uninstalling it did
not help either.



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