Wireless network connected but no IE connection

DCat

DCat

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Hi, been trying to install wireless for 3 days now and it is beggining to get me down :(

I have the Netgear 311T card + the WG624 router. I got the router installed OK and set up WPA-PSK.

I had problems with the Netgear card software, so had no option other than to use the windows zero config utility. This seemed to work OK because I get the wireless network up and running.

But ... I can't connect to IE via wireless. I can connect fine by just plugging the NTL modem into my box, just not via wireless. :(

I've disabled the windows firewall (no software firewall installed).

This is driving me crazy ... can anyone help?
 
How do you mean you "can't connect to IE"?
Can you see the router's web interface? Is the machine even getting assigned an IP by the router?
 
tolien said:
How do you mean you "can't connect to IE"?
Can you see the router's web interface? Is the machine even getting assigned an IP by the router?
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OK, I mean that the wireless network is established and reported at 108mbps ... but clicking on Internet Explorer (what I meant by "IE") fails to connect to any webpages in the same way as it would if no connection existed at all.

Can you run me through the IP assignment checking part please? I tried typing ipconfig and ipconfig /all but the dos window just flashed up for a fraction of a second and then disapeared :(

As I say, I've disabled all elements on windows firewall, checked the WPA passphrase is correct. I'm stumped.
 
I had bad experiences trying to encrypt my wireless network. I'm still trying to convince my dad to have ethernet cables trapsing all round the house.

Try disabling all WPA etc. See if you can get a connection then.
 
DCat said:
Can you run me through the IP assignment checking part please? I tried typing ipconfig and ipconfig /all but the dos window just flashed up for a fraction of a second and then disapeared :(
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Start, run, cmd first. Though you could check in Network Connections just by right clicking the interface and clicking Status then the Support tab.

tolien said:
Can you see the router's web interface?
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i.e. plug the router's IP (it'll be in the manual, or you used it to set the router up) into IE, and see what you get.
 
OK thanks tolien. I'll give it a try when I get home in about 6 hours and report back what I get.

Freakish, I'll give it a try with no encryption too, but if it is not going to work with encryption then I'll have to send the hardware back to OC, there's no way I'm putting up with an unsecured network :eek:
 
i would do the above, just to get it working using the Netgear software. Then enable the wep, or wpa afterwards. Took me awhile to get it going to :)
 
Adding a WEP Key to Wireless signals is so easy

Also, you can not Connect to the Internet even though you are connected to the Router because the Router has incorrect ISP/Internet settings in it
 
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