Hi Don, I set up a simple wireless network at my girlfriend's place several months ago. It uses a shared key. I found that I can only connect using the BN if I tell the BN not to use infrastructure mode, but even then, if I try to go to web sites, I always get "server not found" messages. I could go in and change the router security, but I thought I'd ask you about this first. Reconfiguring the security's going to be a pain in the keester, as one of the machines on the network is really touchy with JAWS and I'd rather not have to screw around with it if I don't have to. Got any ideas? I'm going over there tomorrow and will try your suggestions then. Thanks in advance. Tom
----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Bishop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 3:35 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] My wireless card came! What do I do > Hi, > > Not necessarily although you can. > > When I got my card I just plugged it in, got it recognized, turned it on, scanned for networks and it found mine. > > It connected when I pressed enter and the bn took all the default settings from the router. I did not have wep turned on at the time. > > Later, I edited the configuration which the bn and router initially set up for themselves and turned wep on and entered the key which I also entered into the > router. > > I was amazed at how easy it really was. > > That's why I suggest that people turn off security on the router until that first connection is established and then turn it back on in the router as well as > setting it on the bn as well. > > Just a lot less settings you have to enter manually. > > Don > > On Thu, 19 May 2005 17:27:12 -0500, Sarai D. Bucciarelli wrote: > > This is a home network. Don't I have to enter my info to set it up? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Bishop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 5:11 PM > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] My wireless card came! What do I do > > > Hi Sarai, > > If you have your wireless network already set up, I would do the following: > > go into options, connectivity, wireless and hit y to turn on the wireless > card. If you get that far you at least know the card is working. Obviously > you've > already inserted the wireless card at this point <smile>. > > Next, I'd go into the wireless menu and hit enter on scan for networks and > see what you get. You should be able to find your own network if it is not > set up > as hidden on the pc. > > You then should be able to connect to it unless you have some sort of > wireless security turned on in the router or whatever. If there is no > security such as > wep active, you should be able to connect to the network as there is a > default configuration you can use for getting started. > > I'm assuming that the network you want to connect to is in your home. If > it's a school or something like that, try what I just described and if you > can't > connect, you may need to contact whomever is in charge of network > administration to see what special settings you may need. > > Since different network setups can have different options, it's hard to give > an answer which will work for all situations, but hope this at least gets > you going > in the right direction. > > Don > > On Thu, 19 May 2005 16:44:40 -0500, Sarai D. Bucciarelli wrote: > > Hey > My wireless card came in today. What do I do, take it out of the package, > put it in the BN, and go to options, connectivity? > Sarai D. Bucciarelli > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > >
