Re: OT: Wireless Home Network - Working now

On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 09:14:53 -0500, "Mike Henry"
<MichaelHenry@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>"jk" <klessig@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:odq8j1tpi0eq36qc4u07b3nqve8tcgs3am@xxxxxxxxxx
>> "Mike Henry" <MichaelHenry@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>Anybody got any links to doo basic info on setting up a wireless home
>>>network?
>>>
>>>The objective is to allow two laptops to share a Comcast cable modem
>>>connection. One laptop is a brand new Dell Inspiron 9300 (XP Pro) with
>>>built-in 802.11 g and the other is an older Toshiba laptop (XP Home) using
>>>a
>>>Linksys WPC54G card. The other hardware consists of a Motorola SB5120
>>>cable
>>>modem and a Linksys WRT54G router.
>>>
>>>I've got the Inspiron talking to the router OK via wireless and the
>>>Linksys
>>>card on the Toshiba sees the network but will not connect to the Internet.
>>>I've tried running the Linksys setup wizard and the MS network setup
>>>wizard
>>>from the Dell but still can't get the Toshiba to access the Internet.
>>>Both
>>>laptops are running the current version of Norton Internet Security and
>>>the
>>>OS's on both laptops are updated for the most recent patches.
>>>
>>>I'm thinking that the firewall built into the router may be refusing to
>>>talk
>>>to the Toshiba and that I'll need to configure it to allow that
>>>connection -
>>>does that sound like a reasonable approach?
>>>
>>>Mike
>>
>> Sounds like the same problem I had. As recieved, the router in my
>> system was configured so that each wireless connection had to be
>> specifically authorized in the setup. My machines would seem to
>> connect, but then fail to work. They would see the network, just could
>> not use it.
>> jk
>
>Thanks for all of the helpful replies, which were all printed out before
>doing battle with the "system" yesterday. After about 7 hours at my
>sister's house yesterday it is finally working. The older Toshiba laptop
>seemed to be the problem child; that one had a bad case of infections a few
>months back, mostly web page hijacking, and a run with Spy-Bot seemed to
>help. The key seemed to be starting with no encryption (using the brand new
>Dell to talk to the router) and then getting the Toshiba to link to the
>network. A good part of the time was spent updating the Toshiba to SP2
>after getting it to see the Internet.
>
>The system had originally been configured by Comcast using their "rented"
>hardware(Comcast-branded Linksys modem/router), but that's now replaced with
>the new hardware mention in the OP. The original Comcast setup was
>intermittent but they were unable to fix it and that's when I got called in.
>I'm still not certain about the WRT54G router as it seemed to be kind of
>flaky when setting it up with the included software. Comcast tech support
>was really pretty good about getting the replacement modem recognized by
>their system.
>
>Mike
>
>

Has your linksys been upgraded to the latest firmware? When I got mine
it was "impossible" - Tech Support walked me through flashing the
firmware and it has been a joy ever sinse.

.

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