Wireless help

[trithumb]

ok we have 4 desktops in the house... 3 xp home editions with sp2 and my computer with vista.... ok... we have a linksys router and 3 wireless computers.... my sisters and my computer connect fine... buut my dads in the basement that was fine is now saying associating with access point but cant find internet... its a wep connection and it seems that it wont acquire a ip address... any suggestions?

 

[tipstir]

ok we have 4 desktops in the house... 3 xp home editions with sp2 and my computer with vista.... ok... we have a linksys router and 3 wireless computers.... my sisters and my computer connect fine... buut my dads in the basement that was fine is now saying associating with access point but cant find internet... its a wep connection and it seems that it wont acquire a ip address... any suggestions?

You Need to plan out the design and function your network...
Note: DHCP IPs, MAC addresses, workgroup names, network name and SSID name are just examples here. Your setup my vary.

internet
to
modem
to (WAN)
router (linksys) - give your name network a name (frednet) example
192.168.0.1
mac address: 00:00:00:00:AA

4-desktops

desktop1 - XP home - workgroup name (frednet) DHCP IP: 192.168.0.2
mac address: 00:00:00:00:AB

desktop2 - xp home - workgroup name (frednet) DHCP IP: 192.168.0.3
mac address: 00:00:00:00:AC

desktop3 - xp home - workgroup name (frednet) DHCP IP: 192.168.0.4
mac address: 00:00:00:00:AD

desktop4 - vista - workgroup name (frednet) DHCP IP: 192.168.0.5
mac address: 00:00:00:00:AE

looks like you have acccess point
did you give it a static IP not DHCP IP
static IP manual you type it in..

range should be higher than you DHCP IP assigned by the router to 4 desktops.

example; 192.168.0.1 - router default gateway
router: 192.168.0.1

access point - assigned static ip: 192.168.0.50
mac address: 00:00:00:00:AZ
SSID: name should be it can be called (frednet)
assign password for your access point to login into it
setup encryption:

Open
WEP 128- 13-Chac
should be a mix of CAP-case and lower case letters and numbers.
on wireless device each need to be assigned access

there should be a mac filter in the access point
here you add all the desktop mac address too.

Now once all is setup turn off each system.


Now with each system turn one on and test
connection to the router
connection to the access point
connection to the internet

Next turn on another PC and then
do the same above
then create a shared folder
and test that out against the other PC
if all works then continue with then next pc and etc...

 

[PBNinja101]

In case of Static IP:

Go to:
Control Panel
Network Connections
The Wireless Device
Properties
Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Properties
Select "Use the following" for both boxes and type in manually the IPs that are nt currently in use.


Simon

 

[DelJo63]

a better approach is to get the MAC address of the AP;
then go to the Router config and use Mac Filtering to force the
AP Mac to a specific IP address.

In this way, if the AP is powered off for any reason, the router still
reserve that address for it. Any wired system will NEVER be assigned the
AP address