--- DJA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Randall Shimizu wrote: > > The wireless light is on, but it just won't > connect > > with the PC. > > How ironic. ;-) > > But in order to provide any possible solutions, > you'll need to provide > more information. Like > > o How have you set up the router? > o Are you using encryption (WEP, WPA, etc.)? If so, > what? No > o What changes might you have made prior to the > problem? None > o Did you change anything on the router's client(s)? No > o Does this problem exist for only one client or > all? > o Are all config parameters for the Netgear set > identically > to their counterparts on the Airlink? Yes > o Any new interference in your house or neighborhood > (cordless phones, other networks, microwave ovens > in an endless loop)? No > o Have you tried other channels? No yet, will do so when I get home. > o What do the blinkenlights tell you? > > That's a start. > > > > --- Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Hi Randall, > >> > >>Are using the router to connect to the Internet or > >>as an Access Point?? I have found that if the WAN > port > >>isn't connected to a DSL/cable modem (Access Point > mode), > >>then the wireless won't broadcast (Wireless icon > won't > >>light). > > I could not get a Linksys wireless router to work on > my LAN in > combination with an Ethernet router. Apparently, > some consumer wireless > routers assume they are directly connected to the > Cable/DSL modem, and > won't work if connected to another router. > > Or it was just me. I gave up, returned the wireless > router and replaced > it with a wireless access point. Problem solved. > > > >>I have found that putting a bogus static WAN IP > >>address in the unit will activate the wireless > broadcast. > >>I've had to do this on many Netgear wireless > routers that I'm > >>using as an Access Point. > >> > >>good luck > >> > >>-Bob Koch MCSE, A+ > >> > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>On Behalf Of Randall Shimizu > >> > >>Today my Netgear router stopped connecting for > some > >>reason. Tried reconfiguring the router, but this > did not help. The > >>router worked for awhile, but stopped connecting. > >> > >>Hooked up my airlink and it's working. So the > >>Netgear wireless router seems to be the problem. > Also tried upgrading the > >>firmware, but this did not help. Does anyone have > any other suggestions for > >>testing the router. > >>Or since the Netgear is still relatively new > should > >>I send it back to netgear. > > > > -- > Best Regards, > ~DJA. > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
