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canarytops · 05-05-2005, 05:48

Hi everyone, just a quick note to let you know that all seems to be working although I'm not sure how !
Fyi, I had quite a few problems getting the PCI adaptor setup. Installed hardware OK, on booting Win98 found new hardware, set up driver info and then attempted to copy required software and hung. This happened 3 times sometimes the "copy box" appeared but the percentage complete never left 0%. Then uninstalled the software and re-installed, on rebooting samething ! Tried again and this time it worked !
On loading Linksys wireless monitor adaptor shown as inactive. Went into "site survey" and no SSID was shown even though I had checked the SSID had been configured correctly. When I "enabled" SSID broadcast on router the SSID was visible and I could then manually connect. (May seem obvious but I had assumed that if configuration details matched they would still be able to see each other !).
On connecting, the adaptor objected that WEP wasn't enabled. This wasn't because I hadn't taken heed of all the security advice, I had opted for WPA-PSK security which to my uninformed eye appeared to be more secure. However even though the Linksys router supports this their adaptor appears not to (am waiting on their support line on that one).
Once I'd reset the router to WEP I was able to set the adaptor to the same settings and we connected - sigh !
This is where I get really confused. Although the adaptor monitor showed nice radiating circles of connectivity to the router there was a big red/orange "sun symbol" between the router and internet icon and sure enough on loading my browser I couldn't connect to the web.
Tried various websites to no avail and eventually decided take a break. After around half an hour when I returned to the PC I had a Norton Firewall prompt asking whether I should permit the Linksys software to access the internet. Having said OK there was a connection to the internet. I'm not sure if this was coincidence as there were no such prompts during my initial attempts. The bottom line is I seem to be working but don't really understand the initial delay (about 10 mins).
If anyone can explain I'd appreciate it.

05-05-2005, 05:48	#6
canarytops Inactive Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Norwich Age: 74 Services: TiVo & V+ with 50ishMb broadband Posts: 54	Re: Wireless Novice Hi everyone, just a quick note to let you know that all seems to be working although I'm not sure how ! Fyi, I had quite a few problems getting the PCI adaptor setup. Installed hardware OK, on booting Win98 found new hardware, set up driver info and then attempted to copy required software and hung. This happened 3 times sometimes the "copy box" appeared but the percentage complete never left 0%. Then uninstalled the software and re-installed, on rebooting samething ! Tried again and this time it worked ! On loading Linksys wireless monitor adaptor shown as inactive. Went into "site survey" and no SSID was shown even though I had checked the SSID had been configured correctly. When I "enabled" SSID broadcast on router the SSID was visible and I could then manually connect. (May seem obvious but I had assumed that if configuration details matched they would still be able to see each other !). On connecting, the adaptor objected that WEP wasn't enabled. This wasn't because I hadn't taken heed of all the security advice, I had opted for WPA-PSK security which to my uninformed eye appeared to be more secure. However even though the Linksys router supports this their adaptor appears not to (am waiting on their support line on that one). Once I'd reset the router to WEP I was able to set the adaptor to the same settings and we connected - sigh ! This is where I get really confused. Although the adaptor monitor showed nice radiating circles of connectivity to the router there was a big red/orange "sun symbol" between the router and internet icon and sure enough on loading my browser I couldn't connect to the web. Tried various websites to no avail and eventually decided take a break. After around half an hour when I returned to the PC I had a Norton Firewall prompt asking whether I should permit the Linksys software to access the internet. Having said OK there was a connection to the internet. I'm not sure if this was coincidence as there were no such prompts during my initial attempts. The bottom line is I seem to be working but don't really understand the initial delay (about 10 mins). If anyone can explain I'd appreciate it.