albunt
Newbie  Posts: 1 Registered: 2/7/07 Status: Offline |
posted on 2/7/07 at 13:59
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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
Full Member  Posts: 72 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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