Wireless Connection

bigbaddaboom · 01-11-2005, 21:22

I've recently bought a lynksys WRT54G broadband router and it works fine hardwired to my desktop using blueyonder bb. The problem i have is with my wife's sony viao laptop. The laptop immediately connects to the router using WAP protocol but it will not let me access the net or e-mail. My wife is a teacher and the laptop belongs to her school where she connects to the server wirelessly. Could the problem be with the way the laptob has been setup?

01-11-2005, 21:25

I'm sure NEONKNIGHT will be here soon to advise, he's got one of these himself, and I'm buying one on his recommendation.

Over to you NEONKNIGHT!

Ramrod · 01-11-2005, 21:50

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Originally Posted by bigbaddaboom

I've recently bought a lynksys WRT54G broadband router and it works fine hardwired to my desktop using blueyonder bb. The problem i have is with my wife's sony viao laptop. The laptop immediately connects to the router using WAP protocol but it will not let me access the net or e-mail. My wife is a teacher and the laptop belongs to her school where she connects to the server wirelessly. Could the problem be with the way the laptob has been setup?

Wierd, I have just had that problem--my wired connection was borked so I went wireless and all is fine...........
Can the router see the laptop?

bigbaddaboom · 01-11-2005, 22:09

yeah no problem. it connects no problem at all, I think there is something set on the laptop which is not allowing a connection to the net.

Ramrod · 01-11-2005, 22:10

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Originally Posted by bigbaddaboom

yeah no problem. it connects no problem at all, I think there is something set on the laptop which is not allowing a connection to the net.

Disable the laptop firewall.......

Kliro · 01-11-2005, 22:25

Does the laptop tell you that its connected? Or say that there is a limited connection?

Have you assigned a key and put it in on the laptop?

I had a simliar sort of problem, and I went to:

Control panel>network connections>!rightclick! wirelessconnections>properties>wireless networks tab

Then removed all of the items in the preferred network list, and selected ok.

I was able to connect after doing this twice, and I've had no problems since.

Excellent router, never dropped out yet.