Trouble with wireless connection on desktop.  Signal strength excellent, but mozilla and ie will not connect.?
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Make sure you are getting an ip address\ndo this\nStart..run..type cmd..when the command prompt comes up\ntype ipconfig /all\n\nsee what your default gateway is.. it might be a number like 192.168.1.1\n\nping your default gateway\n\nif you get a reply, it maybe your internet connection settings.\n\ndo you have encryption such as WEP / WPA on this connection?\n\nIf everything seems fine and you have set up the wep key and everything else properly. Run the connection wizard and say that you want to connect to the internet using a broadband connection that is always on.\n\nalso like shyla said make sure your LAN is disabled.
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1 why do you need a Wireless connection since you have a desktop??\n\n2 there needs to be a Wi-Fi connection in the surroundings.\n\n3 you machine shd have the facility.
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I suspect that you and your neighbor are using the same channel or very close to the same channel. Determine what channel your neigbor is using by invoking the manufactures software on laptop (xp will not tell you what channel they are on) and then change your router to use a channel that is at least 5 channels away. This will probably correct the problem.
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im having similar problems. i just bought a linksys 4 port and if im online on my laptop and someone gets online on the desktop, we lose internet on one and get really slow internet on the other one. the only explaination that ive found is that linksys is a hub, not a router, which means it just sends signals, doesnt really process them, like a lazy/stupid router.
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want cheap?  Try the loacte wirless seach tool that comes w/ your comp.\n\nIt will locate any in the area and display signal strength.  \n\nCheap is free and free is....well you arn't paying for it someone else is lol.
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I'm assuming that your desktop is connected to an Internet modem (cable or DSL) via an Ethernet cable.\n\nYou need:\n1.  A wireless Internet router (preferably the kind with a few wired ports as well)\n2.  A network printer server\n3.  One Ethernet cable (between the desktop and router)\n4.  You may need a new printer cable between the printer server and printer\n\nI recommend disabling SSID broadcasting and enabling encryption on the router, and setting up that encryption on the wireless laptops.
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Connect a router to your desktop and pick the wifi signal up on your laptop.... guess that was your question
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I doubt it. Most wireless problems turn out to be signal strength problems, interference issues, or bad security configuration.
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Information given is not complete to diagnose the problem.\n\nLet me try a step by step\nI am assuming that you have Windows machine, otherwise answer is wrong\n\na) Look at the bottom right hand corner in task bar. In the list of icons. There will be a small icon with two monitors. Does it blip. If it does not you have a physical layer connectivity problem\n\nb) open a cmd prompt and type ipconfig. You should see a valid IP number. If you do not see it. then your computer is not part of the World Wide Web and cannot connect to internet.\n\nc) If your two monitor icon blips (shows 100 MPBS connectivity for ethernet and 54 Mbps / 11 Mbps for Wireless LAN) and if your ipconfig is right and still you have a error, then we got to step d\n\nd) Sometimes your ISP (SBC/ATT or QWEST) in addition verify your active status based on a specific user id and password. If their backend password verification system gets affected, then a PPP (point to point ) protocol connection cannot be established and you will see network error. Essentially you will get till SBC server and SBC will stop you. The only way is to verify your user id and password and call SBC / QWEST to fix it.\n\nHope this helps. Good luck
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I have the same issue. My computer is upstairs, and the connection is down stairs. All you need is a wireless router, and the wireless card for your computer. It works great.
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Are you using a wired connection or wireless?  If you are using a wireless connection, try hooking up to your router with a cable.  If it starts running faster, you know it's the the wireless connection that's causing the problem.\n\nWireless connections can suffer from interference from cordless telephones and your neighbor's wireless ethernet.  One thing that can happen is that you are accidentally connecting to your neighbor's wireless connection.  Check which wireless network you are connecting to.  Click on the wireless network icon to the right side of the top menu bar.  Click "open internet connection" to see the network you are connected to and the strength of the signal you are receiving.\n\nEvery once in a while my DSL / wireless performance will just go to pot.  I restart my DSL modem, router, and computer, and things start working again.
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go to network connections in control panel, and view wireless networks, ig none are dhown, click refresh, and when it shows it click on connect, also make sure windows has installed drivers for you wireless adapter or built in card, it may not be installed
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windows xp wireless works in a different way than windows 98. \non your router, have you enabled 'WAP' . if you have then provide the access key in the windows xp wireless settings. \n\nif you have not enabled 'wap', then enable it. Windows xp rarely connects to unsecure wireless connections. \n\nmy best suggestion is to reset your router and start fresh. configure the router from the computer that it is connected to. \n\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/wifisoho.mspx
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is your broadband connection wireless (no wires whatsoever) or is it a wired connection?\nif you're using wireless, you're ISP (Internet Service Provider) may require you to configure their settings on your laptop.\n\nif it is a wired connection, then what system are you running, win98? winXP? win2000?\nif yer using winXP, configuring yer broadband connection won't be too hard. winXP has 'user-friendly' features for configuring a broadband connection.\n\nare you using an iMac?\nwell, an iMac is a totally different concern.
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The cheapest way to go is to just plug into the Ethernet ports on the router. Of course the desktop must be fairly close to the router and have an Ethernet NIC. Why introduce the difficulties of wireless unless needed, the Ethernet connection will be much stabler. You can network a win98 and winxp machine with few difficulties either way.
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This reminds me of a very similar problem I had with the D-Link wireless router.  I tried reinstalling the drivers for the wireless router itself to no avail.  I finally wound up taking it back in buying a Linksys router.  The problem never was with my laptop computer.  It was always in the wireless router.
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Usually that is going to let you know the wireless router and the wireless adapter are not communicating well or one or the other is having a problem with dhcp.  If you havent already, try unplugging your network equipment (dsl/cable modem and any additional routers/hubs/switches) you may have and restart your computer.  If that doesnt work, what model number is your speedstream and what version of windows are you using?