Yes, it's XP (home edition).
Unfortunatly, i dont have an ethernet cable, so i cant test it with a
wired connection.
Ipconfig comes up with the following...
Under the PPP Adaptor Wanadoo: - 217.135.181.35
And under Ethernet adaptor wireless network connection: -
169.254.72.137
It also says
OK, Now i have turned my firewall (zonealarm) back ON it seems to have
worked!!!
I am happy, but very confused to say the least. It worked for weeks
without zonealarm running, yet now it seems to need it. What on earth
is going on??
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dangerous_dom
dangerous_dom Wrote:
And under Ethernet adaptor wireless network connection: -
169.254.72.137
Hmm - isn't this saying that the wireless network is improperly
configured and it chose a 169 address?
Although I've never seen that on a PC where the wireless network
originates (in the case of
Yeah, that confused me too.
As I understand it, 169 addresses mean I went to the DHCP server and
either couldn't find him or he wouldn't give me an address.
That far it makes sense, because in an ad-hoc network there is no DHCP
server.
But how come it works then?
I suppose it's possible that
Just to clarify, i did check the XP firewall after disabling ZA but it
was still off. And Ipconfig definatly says the DHCP was enabled and
running.
I did manage to connect once to the network using a 169... address but
stopped working again. Since competely uninstalling zonealarm
altogether and
Sounds like you got things sorted out.
dangerous_dom Wrote:
I would love to know how ZA managed to balls everything up, even when it
was disabled and only a complete uninstall took place.
I was a longtime ZA user but about a year or so ago each successive
build was getting more and more
I like the firewall in a box approach. Firewall on the first router next
to the modem.
I'm still confused as to why Win XP has a firewall on the PC. Do you
need to protect yourself from the other people in your house?
On a laptop, I can see it. But a desktop?
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Michaelwagner
Michaelwagner Wrote:
I like the firewall in a box approach. Firewall on the first router next
to the modem.
I'm still confused as to why Win XP has a firewall on the PC. Do you
need to protect yourself from the other people in your house?
On a laptop, I can see it. But a desktop?
More
Michaelwagner Wrote:
Yeah, that confused me too.
As I understand it, 169 addresses mean I went to the DHCP server and
either couldn't find him or he wouldn't give me an address.
That far it makes sense, because in an ad-hoc network there is no DHCP
server.
But how come it works
On Jul 2, 2006, at 10:57 AM, Michaelwagner wrote:
Ah, that makes sense. You might be right - 2 devices that self-
assign in
the same address range might well talk properly, if they self-
assign to
different addresses but in the same subnet.
How odd.
Not that odd. :)
There's actually a
Zone Alarm works great for me...but I did have to tell it to allow the
IP of the SB3 and to allow SlimServer permission to talk back. My
guess is that you set ZoneAlarm correctly, and when you disablrd it the
Windows Firewall didn't have those exceptions.
Any software firewall is going to ask
bathyscaaf Wrote:
Any software firewall is going to ask you what can come in or go out.
Some of the very simple ones I've found don't. Also I'm not sure if
the Windows XP one does.
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Mark Lanctot
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ChrisOwens Wrote:
You're connected from a Windows PC to an SB3 using an adhoc wireless
network, is that correct?
No (at least i dont think so).
My adhoc network is runnig, i know this because i have set up a new one
(for the 1,000th time) and can connect my PDA to it in ad hoc mode with
no
Right, it!, after 3 days of getting absolutly nowhere, i am about
to throw the towel in. It's just not worth the pain and time.
Shame, i really enjoyed my SB3 will it lasted. If anyone has any final
ideas (unlikely it seems), please let me know. If i have not got it
working by tomorrow, i'm
JJZolx wrote:
It's not likely that you're using DHCP unless you installed a DHCP
server on the PC.
This is technically not true.
Most 'cable modems' and wireless adaptors provide DHCP servers.
It lets most people use them with no understanding of
anything about TCP/IP or DHCP. It usually works
dangerous_dom Wrote:
Shame, i really enjoyed my SB3 will it lasted. If anyone has any final
ideas (unlikely it seems), please let me know. If i have not got it
working by tomorrow, i'm chucking it on eBay.
Why not pick up a fairly inexpensive wireless router and give up on the
ad hoc
JJZolx Wrote:
Why not pick up a fairly inexpensive wireless router and give up on the
ad hoc approach?
A good point, but i cant aford he 60 or quid right now. It worked
before, as does my PDA.
I just remembered something - about a work or two ago, i came home to
find my SB3 was displaying a
Can you at least wire it up temporarily to see if that works?
There weren't many people able to assist because not very many people
use ad-hoc.
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Mark Lanctot
Mark Lanctot's Profile:
Unless your wireless network has DHCP enabled to assign IP addresses to
the clients, you need to assign a fixed IP address that is in the same
subnet. If your SB is not in the same subnet, it will not see anything
else on your network.
-- Martin
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mschiff
How do i know if DHCP is set up and where do i look to see if it is? I'm
completely lost here now!
And how do i manually sett up a wireless network? I can only seem to
find the wizard.
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dangerous_dom
dangerous_dom's
dangerous_dom Wrote:
How do i know if DHCP is set up and where do i look to see if it is? I'm
completely lost here now!
And how do i manually sett up a wireless network? I can only seem to
find the wizard.
It's not likely that you're using DHCP unless you installed a DHCP
server on the PC.
Ok, as far as i can tell the network is up and running on my PC. I can
even connect my PDA to it and browse my shared files.
The SB3 is obviously detecting my nwtwork as it shows the signal
strengh as 90% and even find thes SSID of the network. The problem is
when i choose the SSID of the
Well, don't bang your head against the desk!
Let's start with the easy stuff:
You're connected from a Windows PC to an SB3 using an adhoc wireless
network, is that correct?
On the PC, you can tell what the IP address of the various by opening
up a command prompt, and typing ipconfig. If you
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