Just a sequential power cycle (everything off then after 30 sec. or 5 min. depending on if you want to release the external IP address, modem on then wait until Cable/DSL/broadband/online/ready light is on steady, then router on, wait for WiFi to start flashing, then reconnect) will solve quite a few problems.
[email protected] 503.343.9399 On Jan 12, 2013 10:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Thinkpad mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Thinkpad digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Thinkpad connects to WiFi, no other devices? (Andrew Webber) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:40:54 -0500 > From: Andrew Webber <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad connects to WiFi, no other devices? > To: ThinkPad List <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 > > [I'm replying to my original post because everyone can see the replies > anyway.] > > The network is now working, and I have no answer why. :( > > My friends called the owner and he had his IT guy come out. He fiddled > with the router on a wired connection and now it works. Of course the > friends don't have any idea what he did (e.g. reset, changed DHCP > range, or any other suggestion made here or in my brain :). > > One interesting point is that the sheet they were given had the > password as (e.g.) "Towel1234" and they reported he said "I told them > "towel1234". We then had a discussion about them misreading his > writing but the handout looked to me like a Word table and I assume it > just auto-capitalized. :( > > We thought we'd tried lower case the first time, but we weren't > rigorous about it and we may not have. This time it worked fine as > "towel1234", we had two X220s plus three Android phones plus an iPod > all connected at the same time. > > Thanks everyone for the suggestions. Watch for capitalization, > especially that first letter! > > - - > Andrew mailto:[email protected] > > Wednesday, January 2, 2013, 3:49:03 PM, I wrote: > > > I know this is a bit tenuous, but a friend rented a vacation house > > that came with WiFi. He powered up his X220, selected the owner's > > SSID, and entered the WPA key. Connected no problem. > > > Meanwhile, we cannot connect Android (3 tried) nor an iPod (1 > > tried). In all those cases it fails authentication. Next time I > > visit I may take two more ThinkPads to test. > > > It's just a simple Cisco E2500 router. I suggested he ask the > > homeowner for admin password, or for the guest password, but I'm > > curious and concerned. > > > I'm 99% sure it's not MAC filtering (the obvious choice) because the > > homeowner isn't a techie and the friend said he just connected, they > > didn't do anything beforehand. I also tried disconnecting his > > ThinkPad from the net, in case they had a weird "1 address only" > > DHCP config, and I tried static IP with my phone (though expect I > > didn't have the DNS right, I figured it should still connect to the > > router and I wasn't worried about Internet Access at that point). > > > Nothing worked. Is there anything else that might, or some > > uniqueness about ThinkPads or the X220 that would explain the ease > > of connection? > > > Thanks! > > > - - > > Andrew mailto:[email protected] > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > > > End of Thinkpad Digest, Vol 112, Issue 7 > **************************************** > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
