Wireless Networking

I have an ancient Win 98 notebook that works just fine with a USB wireless adapter, but Netstumbler says the device is unsupported. The USB wireless adapter works OK with Netstumbler on a Windows 2000 or XP PC. So is there any other wireless scanning software to try ? ...

I am totally new to Wireless,but have successfully set up the Comcast cable modem, the DLink AirPlus Extreme DWL-650 and the corresponding DLink card DI-624 for the laptop. All work well but I have as Virus detector NOD32 running on both machines, ...

I don't think you understand what I'm looking for.  I'm familiar with netstumber, kismet, ethereal, etc. What I want is not just the ability to detect all wi-fi networks out there but LET ME CONNECT TO ONE I SELECT, like Boingo does.  I don't believe any of the above programs do that (unless I just haven't seen the option yet). -- Cowboy brought to you by [link] ...

was having trouble with erratic ordinary WIFI reception. thought it was other wifi signals drifting in from the local area and a nearby shopping center. changed ap to a diffirent channel ( was 6 changed to 11). erractic reception with what appeared to be a good received signal ...

Hello! I seem to notice if my wireless speed goes higher than 2.0 Mbps on my Hawking Technology's Hi-Gain USB Wireless-G Adapter (Model: HWU54D), I get major packet losses to the D-Link DI-624 wireless router (192.168.0.1). ...

Hi anyone, I have a remote piece of property a mountain between me and the city.  I am only in the planning stage, and I am working this out legally, so no real issues here.  Plus it only about 5 miles.  So my question is regarding ap to ap setup. Whats the difference between ap client and ap bridge?  What I want is: 1) on the mountain put up a passive repeater (yagi/parabolic,pringles whatever).  One to the city and the other to my property. 2) on my property have an antenna, which is attached to a local AP on my property,  pointing to the mountain. So what I want to do is have my laptop communicate via wireless to my local AP, and any other computers I allow, (preferably doing dhcp, nat, firewalling, etc for my side), and have my local AP acting as a client to the city AP passing along my traffic as if I was in the main building in the city. What do I use for an AP on my property that will act as a normal AP for my  laptop, but also act as client for the AP in the city?  And if I have the local antenna attached to the local AP (pointing to the mountain), do I also need another antenna for my local communications? Thanks so much, Tek -- teksaport brought to you by [link] ...

My XP machine seems to want to connect to APs in the order it finds them in it's internal list of AP's rather than to see which of the available ones is strongest.  Is there any way to have it pick the ...

Can anyone give me a step by step account on how to open ports 5198 and 5199 on a Voyager 205 modem router? A friend who is a radio amateur needs to do this to use a VOIP program on ...

hey all im a newbie to wireless, so be gentle... i have an IBM thinkpad T41 (running win xp prof) using a wireless connection to my new netgear wireless router at home.  the laptop comes from work and requires a domain login.  so i have to be careful when adjusting my settings ...

I want/need a directional antennae for my wireless router. I have one router that serves the sole purpose of allowing a connection from about 150 feet away across the parking lot. There is line of site, but with standard ...

Hello! It seems like a lot of people here and in Broadband Reports' D-Link forum ([link]) have problems with this DI624 router. Is it me or does this router (revision A) have a lot ...

Using a Linksys wireless 4 port router (B) here at home, but my laptop computer here in my basement office is connected via Cat5 card.  The wireless is fine and good strength, but since I already had the cable run, ...

I'm a newbie to Linux.  I've looked at Knoppix (both regular and STD) and Phlak. Is there no program in Linux to easily select a wireless network to connect to (like Boingo for Windows)?   I know how to do it using the network tools but that is ridiculously difficult and slow. -- Cowboy brought to you by [link] ...

Weird, I heard a vacuum cleaner going downstair, and I got disconnected from my wireless connection. Is this common? I never heard of vacuum cleaners interferring with wireless devices. Thank you in advance. :) ...

Hi, I have limited networking experience and am hoping and praying that someone can help me out on this one.  I have just purchased a Belkin Wireless Router (F5D7633x4) and am having major troubles getting it to work.  The first issue I have is that when setting the connection type ...

I am trying to use Intel Pro Set to set up my Centrino wireless card, but the program does not display any information. I have unchecked let windows manage my network. Barry ...

Hi All and thanks for your responses. Let me go into more detail. I have a Cisco SOHO router/firewall connected to the Internet and I have two hubs connected to the Cisco router. My idea after reading Jeff Liebermann idea is to add wireless access points ...

hello, i'm setting up wireless access and would like to control or set the max download speed on some but not all users connected to an access point. can this be done? any suggestions? ...

Has anyone tried the locater? If you have, how good is it? I think the one I bought is defective. ...

Here is the puzzle of puzzles. How come that you can't ping a DHCP server that provided you with an IP? Desktop PC ---------- Adapters: DSL / DHCP / NAT router, connected by USB Ethernet card, connected to six other systems by BNC ...

I'm interested in doing wireless in a hilly, wooded area where there is often not good line of sight.  (I understand that I would have to get an amateur radio license.)  Google produces some info, but mostly in the UK ...

I hope somebody can help. I am sure this is just "terminology". I have a couple of Draytek 2900 Gi routers with wifi, and have their wifi setup for what Draytek call "WPA/PSK, encryption mode TKIP" and one enters just a single passphrase. ...

Router: D-Link DI-524 Repeater: D-Link DWL-G710 I am trying to set up a repeater by getting into its web interface to choose the SSID of the router, but am having problems. I am directly connected (wired) to the repeater to access its config ...

Please excuse me for this dumb question but I need to know if  I must be connected to the Internet to share files and folders on the following types of networks. I have a desktop (connected to DSL modem) ...

Microsoft sells (or used to sell) the MN-710, an 802.11g USB adapter.  The box *clearly* states that this product supports WPA, yet after installation, its Configuration Utility baldly says that it does *not* support WPA. How does Microsoft get away with such blatant false advertising? ...

I've got a netgear g router that has all kinds of encryption options, however, my kids computers have older d-link wireless b cards that, from what I remember, only allow WEP/128. I looked for new cards on a couple of sites, but anything fairly ...

Has anybody had any luck working wirelessly with a USB adapter under Mandrake Linux (or, more spefically, any Linux distribution with a Netgear WG121 USB adapter). On  a dual boot machine, the wireless adapter  works fine under Windows ...

Ok, here is the situation: One wireless laptop (XP Home SP2), the rest of the workstations are wired. Brand new Linksys WRT54G router and Linksys Wireless G Network card. Very very simple set up that I have done dozens of times before. The signal at the wireless user's desk is ...

Hi I have a small LAN that is connected to the Internet via a hardware firewall. I would like to add WIFI. This is my idea; I need to find a wireless vpn gateway that will only let authenticated users on to the LAN via vpn tunnels. ...

Super G is proprietary and Pre-N is loosely based on a future standard that will change in hardware and firmware implementation. Since they both have backward compatibility with B&G, it seems that Pre-N is the way to go for ...

Anybody know the pass word for Netgear ME 102 Access Point Management Utility? thanks Jesper ...

I'm selling the HP iPAQ Pocket PC H2210 in excellent condition on eBay. I'm only selling it because I rarely use it anymore and my tightwad husband has been getting on my case about my spending habits and I need to prove to him ...

Hi there!     I would like to know if Orinoco 802.11a/b/g combocard (which supposedly is based on Atheros chipset) supports promiscuous mode. How about hostAP driver. Does this work with this? Thanks in advance,        greenhorn. ...

I  have a brand new Compaq Presario wireless laptop and SMC wireless broadband router.  I have (I think) successfully installed the router and can browse the internet wirelessly.  However Outlook Express cannot find its server whenever I go wireless - it is absolutely fine when the cable is ...

Hi New to this group, I am sure this has been asked already so please excuse the repeat... For my home network, is there a software app that you can run on one of your wireless machines to determine if somone is accessing and using your ...

Worth a read if your a hotspot user. [link],aid,120054,00.asp ...

In the UK max Power is 100mW. I am yet to find one that actually has an EIRP of 100mW. Most are 16dBm (40mW) with 2dBi antennas. Does anyone do one that actually transmits 100mW? I want to get a decent ...

hey guys i have a new IBM thinkpad (from work) that im trying to configure to work with my new netgear wireless router at home.  ive been reading in this group that it would be easiest to install an access manager on the laptop, so i grabbed ...

I live on a farm and have recently installed a satellite internet connection in our home office.  I would like to set up a wireless connection between the home office (S side of house) to the scale shed (N of house) and to the shop office (N of house, N side of metal building).  The two remote computers are older and are only being used to order parts /  check weather on-line (dial-up).  The farthest distance is from the office to the shop office - about 600ft. I have a Linksys WRT54G broadband router in the office.  It works beautifully with my laptop.  Using powerlines is not an option - I have separate drops / meters for the hour and outbuildings. Is there a simple and inexpensive way to set this network up? thanks lisa -- LisaH brought to you by [link] ...

I've been looking to make a linear parabolic reflector for Wi-Fi, I've found quite a few sources, such as: [link] [link] ...

I have 2 questions. 1. How can I configure access point and wireless NIC card in an apartment building? 2. If I enable WPA, disable SSID broadcast, filter MAC address and disable DHCP, is it secure enough for a home? ...

Hi, Trying to get some SMA bulkhead connectors as per [link] but there is loads of SMA connectors on solwise site - any idea which one they are. Thanks Scott ...

Does any one have any experience with the Linksys range expander? ...

I am running linux 2.4.29 with ndiswrapper around the windows wireless card driver. Things work good.  But when I run "iwconfig wlan0", I get what seem to be excessive "Invalid misc".  For example, the system has been up for 28 minutes, and I get the ...

Hello. I have 3 options in the webinterface, that i cant find any help to. Does anyone know what the options do 1: Filter multicast 2: Filter internet nat redirection 3: Filter IDENT (PORT 113) All 3 have enabled or disabled ...

I am having the exact same problem.  After setting the router (DI-524, H/W A1, F/W 1.05) and client (Atheros AR5005GS built-in) to WPA-PSK and TKIP (and ensuring the 802.1x box is unchecked on the client), it will connect, but every minute or so it will get 'Windows was unable to find a certificate to log you on to network <SSID>', and then I get disconnected.  As it is WPA-PSK and not just WPA, there should be no certificates involved.  It usually reconnects within a minute, but this is unacceptable.  My OS is XP SP2, all updates applied.  All firmware/drivers are current.  I tried using static DHCP, but get the same results.  WEP works fine, and that is what I have fallen back to, along with MAC filtering.  I have called D-Link tech support on this, and they basically gave me the run around, suggested I find another client to test with and if it too has the same problem, to call them back.  They had me change channels and other things that shouldn't matter.  I don't think they have a clue.  I have seen similar posts and suspect that D-Link never got WPA-PSK working. -- rhutson brought to you by [link] ...

The place I plan to put my wireless router is on a high shelf about 4 feet above a 900 MHz cordless phone/fax machine.  I know that 2.4 GHz phones can cause problems, but what about 900 MHz phones?  Will it cause interference? ...

It's been a long time since I started [link] and a lot of people have sent me pictures of their implementations of the various antennas you can find there. I have added a discussion forum at the site ...

Hello. I have a few questions about Linksys BEFW11S4 V4. 1: Is the hardware the same in all the BEFW11S V4. What makes it a US or European version is only the firmware? 2: If the hardware is the same, should it be any problem loading another ...

I've tried various configurations to boost wireless signal strength to dead spots in my home network.  Most involve using my Linksys WAP54G in either Bridge Mode to a Linksys Extender or in AP Client Mode to another Linksys WAP54G.  In both cases the configuration seemed to work OK, but ...

I'm trying to use OpenBSD as access point with Aironet PCI 352 wireless card, and unfortunately i can't figure it out how to do that. Does the anybody here has some working setup who's willing to post ...

Hi. I looking for program for wlan designer,like Viso but just for wireless lan. Something like LANPlannerR. Maybe someone have to download..... Need help very much... ...

Hi, Who can help me to find the IP adres of mine Linksys Access Point WAP 54g? Normal is it useal to fill in the IP 192.168.1.245 in the browser but I get no answer of it. ...

I an new to wireless. I have a Dell Inspiron 8600 and a 6000.  Both run Windows XP home, and have wireless cards that I use while on campus.  But, while home, I noticed that I caught the (Linksys) wireless signal of a neighbor's desktop across the ...

Scenario: 1 pc with broadband (pc A) , 1 pc with no broadband (pc B). Solution: [link] stuck in pc A [link] ...

i have a wap54g and a computer connected to a switch. the computer can ping the wap54g but can't ping the wrt54g. the wap54g has the ip address of the wrt54g as the gateway and is set as an access point. both use the same channel and ssid. ...

Hi; I've been running what I think is a secure network link for about twelve months; and I've just had a thought that maybe I'm all wrong ;-) I've got a simple wireless access point connected to my cable modem in ...

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Hi, Please could someone clarify a few things: With standard 802.11b/g, is it possible to use Shared key authentication, but no WEP encryption)? Also, is it possible to use Open authentication with WEP encryption? If so, when the only option in the configuration is to turn WEP on or ...

Whats the best WiFi client for windows...besides the stupid "built-in" wireless network software that comes with winxp sp2?   I've tried netgear, and linksys, and dlink, and a few others, and none of them seem to be all ...

I have a D-Link DI-624, but I think this might apply to any gear. I prefer the security and reliability of a wired connection, and use the radio only occasionally.  Otherwise, the radio is turned off via the ...

For my own purposes I have written a program that generates random keys for use in either WEP or WPA enabled routers. It can be used to secure networks that rely on a pre-shared key. A random key should defeat any form of dictionary attack. ...

Hi This has probable been asked before, but I'm new to this groups so sorry! I have a laptop with build in wifi, I am looking for some software that detects hot spots and tried to connect to them and if successful ...