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Technical help for my wireless connection?
I have a wireless network, with one laptop already connecting, but when I try to use another laptop(both with XP home), it won't go past the step where it acquires the IP address from the router.
I know my router is DHCP capable, and it had no trouble assigning an IP address to my first laptop. I've tried setting a static IP address, and entering those setting manually into the TCP settings page on my laptop, and no success. Then I figured there might be something wrong with my wireless card, so i tried it at a friends house, and I had a flawless connection. Any ideas on what i can do?
I hope this is enough info to find help.
All settings match, and DHCP is enabled on both the router and the laptop. Can I rule out that the wireless adapter on the laptop is malfunctioning since i was able to connect to another network using a DHCP server? Both of which were 802.11G by the way.
Not to mention that I've connected to my network before using another computer.
2 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
If you're using DHCP make sure all the computers are set up for DHCP. Also configure your router for DHCP (just to make sure). To logon to your router typically is http://192.168.1.1/ for linksys, although it could be different depending on the manufacturer of your router. Just make sure that the setting on the router complement the settings you have on you computers.
There must be a setting on the router that you need to change.
- 1 decade ago
make sure that you have your Access Points ACL (Access Control List) either OFF or if its on make sure the MAC address of the new NIC is on the list
