albunt
Newbie   Posts: 1 Registered: 2/7/07 Status: Offline |
posted on 2/7/07 at 13:59 |
I have a wired network using a Thomson Speedtouch
510 router and have recently needed wireless access
so bought a Belkin F5D7130 802.11g 54Mbps Wireless
Access Point and a Belkin Wireless G+ Desktop Card.
The idea is to access the network (and in
turn the internet) on a pc in a part of the
house that wires wont reach neatly.
When setting the access point up in AP mode I
can not receive a signal at my desktop. This is
not a range problem as I have put the acces
point next to the desktop to test that.
Am i missing something fundamental???
Any help will be greatfully received
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Fellsider
Junior Member   Posts: 46 Registered: 11/11/04 Status: Offline |
posted on 3/7/07 at 16:43 |
Sorry, no idea about your specific kit, what you’ve
tried, or your level of expertise Albunt.
however :- AP’s I’ve used have always worked
out of the box. Be it with default settings ie,
ssid set as default/Linksys or similar, and channel
set to 6, with no security enabled.
Sooo, I would re-set the AP back to factory
settings via the re-set switch, usually on the back
somewhere. Connect it to a spare LAN port on
your router. At this point the pwr and LAN
lights should be lit, and the WLAN light flashing
on the AP. The corresponding LAN light should also
be lit on your router.
On your PC, enter your configuration set up
application which would come with your card and
which you should have loaded when you installed
your new cards driver.
If there’s an infrastructure/ad-hoc mode set to the
former.
Scan, or similar for available networks. If you get
lucky? Connect.
If this fails see if you can get your hands
on a wireless enabled Laptop to look for a
signal from the AP. At least this may give you
an idea at which end the problem is? |
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ksinitro
Junior Member Posts: 11 Registered: 22/3/08 Status: Offline |
posted on 22/3/08 at 08:06 |
1: On PC, Click on START, and then click on
RUN.
2: The RUN dialogue box will appear. Type CMD
and press ENTER.
3: A DOS window will appear. This is also
commonly called a Command Prompt.
4:Now type IPCONFIG /ALL at the command prompt and
hit ENTER. This window will now display the
configuration of all of your network adapters.
5: You are looking for MAC ADDRESS, The MAC
Address will be listed under the heading Ethernet
adapter Wireless Network Connection. It should look
something like 00-50-BA-D1-BA-71. (WRITE IT DOWN)
6:To close the window when you are finished, type
exit at the command prompt and hit the Enter
key.
7: login to the access point and add the PC's
mac address
8: still in the access point, check to see if
any wireless secrurity is set. if so you will
need the key to be entered into the pc.
Because i dont know if you use windows built in
wireless manager or another i wont write the TUT
for it, but if you PM me if you stuck i'll
help..
GOOD LUCK BUDDY... |
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