Wireless !!! Help needed!!!

..MD..

..MD..

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Hi guys i have just brought a wireless usb adapter for our old laptop..

I have uploaded the software and am in the process of trying to setup the orange setup disc..

It is telling me now to turn off the pc's firewall ? I never knew i had one on it ? where would i find this and how would i turn it up.

Many thanks in advance .


I may need some more help before i am done lol


md
 
Start/Control Panel/ windows firewall
 
some software struggles if you have it turned on
do have auntie virus running?
 
Have you got the model number??? is it a wireless Router? Print server? 3G wireless mobile broadband???
 
Windows has its own Firewall which you can disable in the control panel.
 
OK so the firewall is now off windows own..!

hmmmmmm thats not helping


md
 
what's it saying now?
 
Have you successfully loaded the adaptor software ?

Are you now trying to load the Orange software and if so has this been done successfully ?
 
Defiance said:
Have you successfully loaded the adaptor software ?

Are you now trying to load the Orange software and if so has this been done successfully ?
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Yes adapter loaded ok

orange loads right uptill the end where its trying to connect to the wireless pc



If i click on the orange icon it comes up cannot find server
 
Ok. Normally you can just load the adaptor and then connect to the router without additional ISP related software (even when it's provided). It may be worth trying to avoid or by-pass the Orange software. Can you access the adaptor software itself and run it ?
 
Which wireless router are you using?
 
what settings do you have on your wireless router
MAC filter?
encryption?
???
 
Defiance said:
Ok. Normally you can just load the adaptor and then connect to the router without additional ISP related software (even when it's provided). It may be worth trying to avoid or by-pass the Orange software. Can you access the adaptor software itself and run it ?
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Yes its "belkin" if thats makes a difference ?



when i open it and look in the current status the signal strength is full but the computer has a red line going to the router and then the same from there to the internet icon...
 
mmcp42 said:
what settings do you have on your wireless router
MAC filter?
encryption?
???
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hmmmm where do i find these ...? ill see if i can find them i g=have spotted them
 
..MD.. said:
Yes its "belkin" if thats makes a difference ?



when i open it and look in the current status the signal strength is full but the computer has a red line going to the router and then the same from there to the internet icon...
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Ok, that's a good start as it appears that the adaptor and router recognise each other. Do you know if your Router is encrypted (most ISP ones are from new) and do you have a WEP code or similar provided with it ? I may to go in a second, if so one of the others should be able to pick it up from here...
 
I have the web key for the livebox i have put that into the laptop a few times to no avail.

md
 
does the router have any encryption
typically WEP?
if it does whatever WEP key the router uses, the lap dancer will need to use the same

note that's WEP not web
 
Yep its the wep code i am using but alas its not working for me.....
 
very odd
if router and lapdancer are both set yo use WEP
and you've given both the same WEP code it should work (damned hardware)

try opening a DOS window (no, listen)
click start, run, cmd
then type ipconfig /all into the DOS window
that'll tell you what settings the lap dancer had
you might also try ipconfig /renew
that'll ask it to get a new IP address
 
lol mike your getting technical on me now matey


i have run the ipconfig/all

and have that page open now.
 
hee hee
the important bit is does the wirless doodah have an IP address?
and is it anything like any of the other IP addresses on you other pooters?
 
0.0.0.0.

also says At the top ip routing enabled .........: no
 
mine says that too, so we can cross that off
0.0.0.0 is a bad thing

suspect we're getting ahead of ourselves then
minimise that for now, we'll need it later
if you right click the tray icon (looks like a pooter screen with radiation sickness
it should allow you to show either show wireless networks or open network connections
...
 
we have

Choose a wireless network..


but in the screen it says

windows cannot configure this wireless connection
 
aha
that'll be bcos orange has "taken over" management of the wireless, my O2 adapter in the studio does that too
you'll need to fire up it's equivalent
you need a display that shows you the available networks
mebbe there's an orange icon in the sytem tray???
...
 
I can only find the livebox " if i go through the belkin adapter"

Nothing else
 
but that's ok - it's what you want to connect to
what happens when you try to connect to it (@ the risk of going back to post #1!)
 
current status

available networks " i highlight livebox"

then click connect

little box opens asking to type in encrytion key

i typr in the wep code click connect

then nothing....?

it just goes back to the current status page
md
 
do you get the chance to select wep?
the other options might be WPA
 
mmcp42 said:
do you get the chance to select wep?
the other options might be WPA
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I have to type the encrytion key in so yes i think .. this is where i have been putting the wep code as its the only code i can think of putting there

md
 
very odd
to get that far and not connect
it does make me wonder if you have the correct WEP code

can you check on the router what it's actually using?
 
mmcp42 said:
very odd
to get that far and not connect
it does make me wonder if you have the correct WEP code

can you check on the router what it's actually using?
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How do you do that.

i have the other laptop on now and am looking at the settings on that to see if i can get any help


md
 
I anticipated that question
just "ad a word" with my wireless router
and of course the wep key is encrypted

the only way to be really sure is give both ends a new wep key
but that might b****r up everything that connects to the router!!!

the secret is to keep careful notes
but like backups - you only find out just after it's too late!

pps I don't want you to tell me your wep key
but is it numeric or alpha
it may be case sensitive?
 
mmcp42 said:
I anticipated that question
just "ad a word" with my wireless router
and of course the wep key is encrypted

the only way to be really sure is give both ends a new wep key
but that might b****r up everything that connects to the router!!!

the secret is to keep careful notes
but like backups - you only find out just after it's too late!
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Sounds like i will be leaving it alone then lol

Thanks for all the help matey..

dave
 
not really helped - we didn't get a result

mebbe switch it all off - take a beer or 3

won't fix the problem, but you won't care any more!!!

just had a thought
I've added MAC filtering to my router
you've not done the same have you?

you should be able to ask the router if MAC filter is on
 
mmcp42 said:
not really helped - we didn't get a result

mebbe switch it all off - take a beer or 3

won't fix the problem, but you won't care any more!!!
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:lol:

I like it


:clap: cheers matey...:clap:

If i get it working ill let ya know...


dave:thumbs: " you even get a dave not a md":rules:
 
I was making this edit while you replied...

just had a thought
I've added MAC filtering to my router
you've not done the same have you?

you should be able to ask the router if MAC filter is on

:)
 
Is there not a button on the livebox that you press whilst trying to connect wireless adapters, this auto configs the wep key.

Might just be on newer ones.
 
admirable said:
Is there not a button on the livebox that you press whilst trying to connect wireless adapters, this auto configs the wep key.

Might just be on newer ones.
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Button one i belive ? i have been trying that also..


md


regards askin about the mac key " would not know how to go about that."


md
 
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