Hello Tom and all, If you can connect with the wireless card but get the error cannot find server, you need to go to your router configurations find wireless settings, then go to the bottom of the page where you see security settings and turn security off and you should be fine. Robert
> ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Don Bishop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 10:41:42 -0700 >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] My wireless card came! What do I do >Hi tom, >I sure don't have any ideas. When I set this thing up here I just used the bn >defaults and let it get them from the network. >I then turned on wep after the connection config was set up and also enabled >it on the router at the same time. >I really don't blame you for not wanting to mess with network settings. The >old addage "if it ain't broke don't fix it" definitely applies. <smile >Sorry I can't give any better suggestions. >Don >On Fri, 20 May 2005 06:24:10 -0700, Tom Lange wrote: >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. 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