To tell you the truth I don't know. I ended up using my other laptop and it worked fine. I also re-installed XP on the laptop that wasn't working and things seemed to work again too.
Strange stuff. --- Mike Outmesguine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well don't keep us in suspense! > > What was wrong with your laptop? That this looked > like a wireless > connection problem is intriguing. > > -Mike O. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of David Jackson > Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 12:18 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SOCALWUG] Quick Antenna Questions > > Thanks to everyone with your replies. It was an > issue > with the specific laptop I was using. > > > --- David Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If I have an external antenna connected to a > laptop > > and try to pick up the wireless access point from > > 300 > > yards, I have no problem. I get an IP address and > > everything. I'm able to ping the AP, other > clients > > hooked up to it. However, I'm unable to get to > the > > web do file sharing etc. I know that it works > when > > I'm close to the access point. Does the access > > point > > also need an external antenna to shoot the signal > > back > > to me? > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Search - Find what youre looking for > faster > > http://search.yahoo.com > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam > http://mail.yahoo.com > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com
