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From: Edward Diener on 18 Dec 2009 00:20
I am trying to connect my laptop via a wireless connection to my D-Link
DIR-655 router.
The laptop is a Toshiba Satellite Pro L300D which as an Integrated
Atheros 802.11b/g wireless LAN.
I am running Windows XP on my laptop.

Under Windows XP on my laptop it finds my wireless network by its name
of 'MyWirelessNet' and I click on the entry and then on the Connect
button. It prompts me for my network key and I type in 'Y2YT5689OPEE'. I
then type this in again in the Confirm area also. It then attempts to
connect, taking a very long time to do so with a message box and a
message "Please wait while Windows connects to the 'MyWirelessNet'
network" and another message below it which says "Waiting for the
network...". Finally the Wireless Network Connection message box closes
but the connection has not been made. No error message shows anything.

Ideas, thoughts, solutions, experiences, or things I might try to get my
laptop to connect wirelessly to the DIR-655 are most welcome.

If I run a wired network cable from my laptop to the DIR-655 everything
is successful. But naturally I want to connect wirelessly so I can move
my laptop around. Isn't that what laptops are all about ?

I am also successful connecting my laptop wirelessly to other wireless
networks. But not to my DIR-655 router.
From: Jack [MVP-Networking] on 18 Dec 2009 16:37
Hi
It is probably authentication (PW) problem.
Log to the Wireless Router with a cable, and disable the security. Make sure
that you can connect to it when it is open.
When it works OK, switch On the security enter a new pass phrase copy the
pass phrase to the Copy buffer and then paste to the computer's password
box.
Make sure that the level of the security that you use is compatible with Win
XP.
In General.
From the weakest to the strongest, Wireless security capacity is.
No Security
Switching Off SSID (same has No Security. SSID can be easily sniffed even if
it is Off)
MAC Filtering______(Band Aid if nothing else is available, MAC number can be
easily Spoofed).
WEP64____(Easy, to "Break" by knowledgeable people).
WEP128___(A little Harder, but "Hackable" too).
-------------------
The three above are Not considered safe.
Safe Starts here at WPA.
-------------------
WPA-PSK__(Very Hard to Break).
WPA-AES__(Not functionally Breakable)
WPA2____ (Not functionally Breakable).
Note 1: WPA-AES the the current entry level rendition of WPA2.
Note 2: If you use WinXP bellow SP3 and did not updated it, you would have
to download the WPA2 patch from Microsoft.
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893357>
The documentation of your Wireless devices (Wireless Router, and Wireless
Computer's Card) should state the type of security that is available with
your Wireless hardware.
All devices MUST be set to the same security level using the same pass
phrase.
Therefore the security must be set according what ever is the best possible
of one of the Wireless devices.
I.e. even if most of your system might be capable to be configured to the
max. with WPA2, but one device is only capable to be configured to max . of
WEP, to whole system must be configured to WEP.
If you need more good security and one device (like a Wireless card that can
do WEP only) is holding better security for the whole Network, replace the
device with a better one.
Setting Wireless Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html
The Core differences between WEP, WPA, and WPA2 -
http://www.ezlan.net/wpa_wep.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).


"Edward Diener" <eddielee_no_spam_here(a)tropicsoft.com> wrote in message
news:eG6GPH6fKHA.1652(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I am trying to connect my laptop via a wireless connection to my D-Link
>DIR-655 router.
> The laptop is a Toshiba Satellite Pro L300D which as an Integrated Atheros
> 802.11b/g wireless LAN.
> I am running Windows XP on my laptop.
>
> Under Windows XP on my laptop it finds my wireless network by its name of
> 'MyWirelessNet' and I click on the entry and then on the Connect button.
> It prompts me for my network key and I type in 'Y2YT5689OPEE'. I then type
> this in again in the Confirm area also. It then attempts to connect,
> taking a very long time to do so with a message box and a message "Please
> wait while Windows connects to the 'MyWirelessNet' network" and another
> message below it which says "Waiting for the network...". Finally the
> Wireless Network Connection message box closes but the connection has not
> been made. No error message shows anything.
>
> Ideas, thoughts, solutions, experiences, or things I might try to get my
> laptop to connect wirelessly to the DIR-655 are most welcome.
>
> If I run a wired network cable from my laptop to the DIR-655 everything is
> successful. But naturally I want to connect wirelessly so I can move my
> laptop around. Isn't that what laptops are all about ?
>
> I am also successful connecting my laptop wirelessly to other wireless
> networks. But not to my DIR-655 router.

From: nospamykcid2 on 18 Dec 2009 17:52
Try this, Log on to your Router and set up the built-in Wireless
function. So with your laptop wired to the router try the following. Using
your web browser, input 192.168.1.1 as the routers address. Then use admin
as User Name and for Password, try password1. Hopefully this will give you
access
to your Router's software and the set-up for the wireless functions.
Otherwise
contact your Internet Service provider for instructions accessing your
Router setup .


"Edward Diener" <eddielee_no_spam_here(a)tropicsoft.com> wrote in message
news:eG6GPH6fKHA.1652(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> I am trying to connect my laptop via a wireless connection to my D-Link
> DIR-655 router.
> The laptop is a Toshiba Satellite Pro L300D which as an Integrated Atheros
> 802.11b/g wireless LAN.
> I am running Windows XP on my laptop.
>
> Under Windows XP on my laptop it finds my wireless network by its name of
> 'MyWirelessNet' and I click on the entry and then on the Connect button.
> It prompts me for my network key and I type in 'Y2YT5689OPEE'. I then type
> this in again in the Confirm area also. It then attempts to connect,
> taking a very long time to do so with a message box and a message "Please
> wait while Windows connects to the 'MyWirelessNet' network" and another
> message below it which says "Waiting for the network...". Finally the
> Wireless Network Connection message box closes but the connection has not
> been made. No error message shows anything.
>
> Ideas, thoughts, solutions, experiences, or things I might try to get my
> laptop to connect wirelessly to the DIR-655 are most welcome.
>
> If I run a wired network cable from my laptop to the DIR-655 everything is
> successful. But naturally I want to connect wirelessly so I can move my
> laptop around. Isn't that what laptops are all about ?
>
> I am also successful connecting my laptop wirelessly to other wireless
> networks. But not to my DIR-655 router.

From: Frankster on 18 Dec 2009 18:39
>> Log to the Wireless Router with a cable, and disable the security. Make
>> sure that you can connect to it when it is open.
>
> This was the first thing I tried and I still could not connect to the
> router wirelessly. What gets me is that Winodws XP gives absolutely no
> indication of why the connection failed.

In that case... go into your XP wireless config and DELETE your router (of
previous failed attempts). Then, retry. It should work. Your previous
failed attempts are causing the saved profile to pass the wrong passcode and
therefore you cannot connect. Deleting the saved profile and starting over
should fix it.

As far as Windows not providing the proper feedback of a failed passcode,
you are right. It doesn't.

-Frank

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