Unable to connect to wireless network from laptop on WindowsXP
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From: Edward Diener on 18 Dec 2009 17:19 Jack [MVP-Networking] wrote: > 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. 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. I'm a programmer and I think it is very poor giving no end-user feedback in that situation. > 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. I do not know how it can be determined what level of security is compatible with Windows XP. How can I determine that ? I keep up to date with the latest updates through Windows Update so I should always be up to date on my laptop. > 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. On the router I am using WPA-Personal, with a WPA mode set to Auto (WPA or WPA2) and Cipher type of TKIP and AES. > 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. Right now the only wireless device is the laptop, although I bought wireless USB for both my desktops which are currently wired to the router. Since my laptop has connected to other routers wirelessly, I wanted to solve my laptops connection to the router before I start playing around with connecting either of my desktops to the router wirelessly. > 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. I understand this principle. I am not sure how to determine what the laptop supports other than specifying what I did in my OP which is that the laptop supports 802.11b and 802.11g. > 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. Of course. > 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). Thanks for the info and links. Since I tried connecting with all security turned off and could not do so, I don't think it can be a security problem. I wish I knew what it was, though, as my router has many settings I can try manipulating but I don't know what the magic combo is to get it working. Of course I can eventually try talking to the D-Link support people but that is always a major trial nowadays. > > > "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: Edward Diener on 18 Dec 2009 18:01 nospamykcid2(a)verizon.net wrote: > 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 . I can get into my router's configuration simply by using a wired connection from my laptop or from either of my two desktops so that is no problem. My router's wireless functionality is fully setup and I have tried to connect to it wirelessly from my laptop where there is no security and where the security is WPA-personal and both times have failed. My problem is not getting into my router's configuration and setting it up for a wireless connection. Thanks for your help, nonetheless.
From: Edward Diener on 18 Dec 2009 21:16 Frankster wrote: >>> 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. I tried that. Subsequently the Wireless Network Connection finds it again as a network within range. I clikc on my network, click Connect..., enter the netwrok key, the long connecting dialog comes up again, and it fails to connect again with no message. > 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. Unfortunately it still does not work. > > As far as Windows not providing the proper feedback of a failed > passcode, you are right. It doesn't. Boo ! <g>. Thanks for your suggestions.
From: Edward Diener on 18 Dec 2009 21:46
Edward Diener wrote: > 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. To everyone who replied helping me out with this problem, I want to say thanks. By changing my router's setting from mixed mode 802.11b / 802.11g / 802.11n to mixed mode 802.11b / 802.11g the connection was finally made. My laptop supports only 802.11b / 802.11g so I guess setting my router to support all three caused the problem ( although as a programmer I don't think it should ). |