New network setup problems

scorplett

Just got a new inspirion for crimbo:D ... hurray... (dell inspirion 1300)
I think I might have messed up connecting it up to the home network. Went through the wizards etc and got the laptop to recognise and connect to the wireless network signal, signal is strong but connection is limited or non existant.:( At one point my attempts to hook up caused the host broadband connection to crash:eek: ... oops...(obviously sorted out that mishap)... Any suggestions on how to get this sorted cause its meltin me head

dub45

scorplett wrote:

Just got a new inspirion for crimbo:D ... hurray... (dell inspirion 1300)
I think I might have messed up connecting it up to the home network. Went through the wizards etc and got the laptop to recognise and connect to the wireless network signal, signal is strong but connection is limited or non existant.:( At one point my attempts to hook up caused the host broadband connection to crash:eek: ... oops...(obviously sorted out that mishap)... Any suggestions on how to get this sorted cause its meltin me head

It would help to know what comprises your network what router/modem are you using? Have you set up the security properly on the laptop?

Have you by any chance set up a mac filter on the router?

scorplett

I'm sorry, my lingo might be a bit poor. The only thing I know about the router is that it's a netopia provided by eircom. The Hub computer is a similar laptop also, running on the same platform (XP). One curious problem in the setup wizard was when I chose the recommended method (automatic) for installing the new laptop as a computer on the new network, the only drive option offered was F: and the usb netopia LAN device, or any other should I plug it in was on E:drive??? Therefore I had to do the manual method which provided me with the relevant info on a notepad doc which I transfered to the new laptop. Maybe I'll just take the thing to a techie. Thanks for the reply

dub45

Believe it or not your set up should be very simple.

Forget about the network wizards etc for the moment.

AFAIK the modem now supplied by Eircom is a wireless one and thats what you seem to have from your post. So all you should need to do is make sure it is connected to the net and that the wireless is switched on - again from your post that seems to be the position

The wireless software on your laptop should detect the wireless network and join it - however the Netopia may have some security switched on and that may be why the laptop is not joining it.

Have you tried to access the netopia set up to see what the wireless settings are? Unfortunately I am not familiar with the netopia but there should be some sort of guide with it to tell you how to do this. You will access the set up through your browser - usually the address is http://192.168.1.1 but I have a funny feeling that the netopia uses something slightly different - but that should be available in the literature you got from Eircom.

you really dont need a teccie to do this its best to sort it out yourself if you can at all as you learn a lot (as well as suffering a lot too!) from such a set up.:)

dub45

Actually I just checked the Eircom site and this link will give you information on how to access the Netopia. I would suggest turning off the Netopia security (briefly!) and see if the laptop will access the network.

http://broadbandsupport.eircom.net/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE/&/?St=71&E=0000000000007081952&K=2246&Sxi=0&Problem=obj(7722))

Incidentally the correct address to access the netopia is http://192.168.1.254

scorplett

Cheers All working now... Thanks a mil