I had been toying with the idea of getting a phone with web access, because there are times that my business requires me to be able to get e-mail. After the afternoon from hell, in which I was waiting for an important e-mail and the ice storm took down my phone line and DSL, eventually driving me to the wi-fi at Krystal, of all places, it's suddenly become more of a priority. I want a qwerty-ish keyboard. It seems to be a battle between a Treo and a Blackberry. This [link] is interesting, but doesn't have much of a track record. Anyone want to say what good or bad about what they have? There's too much stuff to compare and I'm baffled.
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Ginger - Dec 15, 2005 5:30:13 pm PST #6003 of 10003
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Consuela - Dec 15, 2005 6:44:12 pm PST #6004 of 10003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Okay, so I reinstalled my wireless router with WEP enabled, and I gave the encryption key to my laptop, and the laptop claims it's connected through the new network.
... and I can't get online with the laptop. Every time I try, it says the connection is refused.
What did I do wrong?
Eddie - Dec 15, 2005 7:46:29 pm PST #6005 of 10003
Your tag here.
What did I do wrong?
Hard to say based on the information provided, but for starters, reboot your router and laptop. Make sure any firewalls on the router or laptop are set to allow them to talk to each other. Assuming you're using DHCP, make sure it's enabled on the router and set on your laptop. Do you know how to ping? Can you ping the router?
Consuela - Dec 15, 2005 8:19:52 pm PST #6006 of 10003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I don't have any firewalls installed on the router itself. I've pinged the router and my desktop IP addresses and gotten nothing. I've turned off the firewall on the laptop. I can't ping the laptop from the desktop or the desktop from the laptop.
At this point I'm inclined to reset the router and go back to having an unencrypted network, but... argh.
Eddie - Dec 15, 2005 8:24:05 pm PST #6007 of 10003
Your tag here.
Assuming you're on a Windows platform: from a command prompt (start > run > cmd), what does "ipconfig /all" (without the quotes) tell you?
Consuela - Dec 15, 2005 8:27:19 pm PST #6008 of 10003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Okay, I got the connection to the laptop back by turning off the WEP.
::sigh::
Consuela - Dec 15, 2005 8:28:20 pm PST #6009 of 10003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Gives me a whole bunch of data. What do I need to look at?
Eddie - Dec 15, 2005 8:32:09 pm PST #6010 of 10003
Your tag here.
Hmm, that would seem to indicate the problem is with WEP itself. Are you sure your HEX/ASCII settings and key lengths are the same on the router and laptop?
Consuela - Dec 15, 2005 8:40:30 pm PST #6011 of 10003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
They were, I thought.
ARgh.
This has taken ALL evening, and I'm back in the same place I started in.
Eddie - Dec 15, 2005 8:43:00 pm PST #6012 of 10003
Your tag here.
Fun, isn't it? Wish I could be more help. Maybe some googling would give you some insight into what's wrong. Kudos for trying to secure your wireless.