What I meant by can`t connect was when I hit the Internet icon all I get is an error message, same with email. The xp firewall on my pc is on, but has no detremental effect on my hifi when it needs to connect to the internet. As far as i`m aware there is no real security involved.
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Originally Posted by erol
You should be able to use any wifi card with any wifi AP (802.11b and 802.11g)
If the client card can find the router / AP but you are unable to 'connect' (what do you actualy mean by that?) the chance are it is a firewall issue somewhere. Are you running a firewall on client PC or the one that isattached to router and CM? Is the client card set to get an IP add automaticaly and if sio what IP gets assigned to it? Have you got wep (or WPA) enabled on the router / AP. Does the router / AP limit connection by MAC address (MAC filtering?)
If you do not have encryption enabled on the router /AP (wep or wpa) or you are sure you have entered the right key into the client card and you are not filtering wireless access based on MAC addresses and you do not have a firewall on either machine - it should work. Try pinging one machine to the other and visa versa. If you can ping but not browse check the IE setting for the client machine and make sure there is not proxy set on it.
Bascially could be
WEP or WPA encrytion ser on the AP but not on client card.
Wireless MAC add filtering on the AP (and the client cards MAC add is not in the 'allowed list)
Firewall issue on either client PC or the PC with router/ cm attached.
IE settings on the client machine.
HTH
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