On Thursday 23 June 2005 02:44 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Dennis Myers wrote: > > On a HP Presario zv5360us with 768mb of ram and intel cpu, onboard > > wireless and I have been through 3 or 4 tutorials or howto's and using > > ndiswrapper my wireless built in nic is recognized but won't access the > > router. Says "no networks detected". Kwifimanager says I have 54mbps and > > 100% signal but not connected. So has anyone else fought this fight and > > won, and if so, any ideas what I might be doing wrong. I am nearly > > incoherent with this. Oh, maybe that is my normal state, anyway, help is > > appreciated. > > Dumb question - Is the "beacon" turned off on your wireless access point > (router)? If so, you will need to supply the essid of the access point > before you can connect to it. This is a fairly common security mesure to > make it harder for strangers to connect. (It doesn't stop them, it just > slows them down a bit. Kind of like locking your doors.) > > Mikkel Not a dumb question, but no the "beacon" is turned on. Mr. Geek gave me the lead I needed with the next post, thanks for looking at it though. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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