Wireless connection

smicer07 · 27-03-2004, 00:22

I've got the following connection.

Wireless PCI NIC in my PC
Wireless card in the Laptop

Am trying to connect them to each other using ICS so both can use Broadband. I've installed the drivers and the connection icon shows in Network Connections, but says it isn't connected and there's the red cross.

It says there are no wireless network connections available...

I need help

smicer07 · 27-03-2004, 00:44

Do I need a router??

Stuartbe · 27-03-2004, 00:47

Maybe not m8...

You need to right click on the internat interface and slect ICS.. The wireless card should not have ICs enabled on it !

If there is a cross on it then its not configured correctly. Can you post a bit more information on the setup please,

smicer07 · 27-03-2004, 00:59

Well basically I've got a laptop with a wireless card in it, and a PC with a wireless card in it (Belkin Desktop Network Card 802.11g). I've installed both cards and both are installed by Windows XP automatically. My PC's connection to the Internet is fine, working no problem. But I'm trying to connect the Laptop using this wireless connection, and it's having none of it. Both computers are using XP. I did have it set up using ICS and a wired connection a while ago but had to reformat the PC and it didn't work so I thought this would be the easier option. I hoped! Now I've got 2 connection icons in the bottom right taskbar (1 working, 1 with a cross through it). I've searched for local wireless connections, but it isn't finding any, despite the laptop being on... the icon on the laptop has a cross by it too....

smicer07 · 27-03-2004, 01:00

The weird thing is, when I start XP, a box comes up saying that a wireless connection is available, but when I double click on it, there are no available connections!

The_real_dj · 27-03-2004, 01:29

usually wireless cards come with 2 options, inferstruter mode and ad-hoc mode. Iferstruture mode requires a router and ad-hoc is for when you are doing a direct connection, have a look in the belkin software and someware there should be an option to change this!

if you put the cards in ad-hoc mode then all should work

Cheers

Stuartbe · 27-03-2004, 01:30

good post

Is that what you have Smicer07 ??

smicer07 · 27-03-2004, 10:44

Right, I've made some progess. My PC now says Wireless connection enabled, signal strength:Excellent. But my laptop still has the red cross next to it's connection. I'll keep trying the setting though, any advice appreciated

smicer07 · 27-03-2004, 11:03

My laptop says, in the "authentication" section, that "IEEE 802.1x authentication can only be enabled in access point networks that use WEP network keys for encryption". I use this at work, in a wireless network, is this the problem?

The_real_dj · 27-03-2004, 16:46

to be honest what i would do is disable all encryption at first until you have got it up and running, worry about all that lot later!! ive just done a google and found this:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e.../02april08.asp
looks like it might be useful

smicer07 · 28-03-2004, 17:02

Cheers for the link. However, I get up to the bit where it says:

Configuring a Client Computer
After installing an Agere Orinoco 802.11b Silver PC Card in a second computer, the Wireless Networks tab displays a list of in-range wireless access points or ad hoc wireless networks, as shown in Figure 4.

On my laptop, there are none shown, despite the fact that is show up on the PC...

The_real_dj · 28-03-2004, 17:09

another stab in the dark here!, is the nework card in the laptop a built in one?? If so it is usually posible to disable them by clicking something like function and F2. (have a look in you laptop manual) Im not sure how it disables the card but when i do it on mine i lose all connectivity but windows still sees the device as running and acts like the device is there!!

handyman · 28-03-2004, 17:29

IF they are both xp machines then run the networking set-up wizard here :

run this on the computer with the internet connected then run it on the other one.

smicer07 · 28-03-2004, 18:20

I've tried that, but because the Laptop icons are "disconnected" it won't work.. if I double click on the Wireless icon, it says "Manually configured.IP: 192.168.0.1".. but it's still disconnected on the laptop no matter what I seem to try..

Xaccers · 28-03-2004, 18:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_real_dj

another stab in the dark here!, is the nework card in the laptop a built in one?? If so it is usually posible to disable them by clicking something like function and F2. (have a look in you laptop manual) Im not sure how it disables the card but when i do it on mine i lose all connectivity but windows still sees the device as running and acts like the device is there!!

I'm thinking the same.
Check your manual to find out how to turn on your built in wirless nic on the laptop.