Yesterday I was in a coffee shop that had free wireless LAN access and although my Orinoco Gold card saw the LAN with good signal strength, none of my TCP/IP applications would connect.
I checked my TCP/IP control panel, AppleTalk, and everything else I could think of but no dice.
The LAN used a WEP key, which seemed to be accepted okay (I had no signal strength before entering the WEP key). Using Mac OS 9.1 on a PowerBook 1400.
Any advice appreciated!
By the way, I am able to use the Orinoco setup fine at other locations but have not used it with a WEP key before.
Make sure your TCP/IP is set to DHCP (and the connection is the wireless card).
Also try switching to a static IP (make one up) and then back to DHCP. Sometimes you have to do this to get a new DHCP lease.
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