Wireless problem

**elduderino** · April 5th, 2004, 11:04 AM

Hi

My neighbor has XP Pro on a desktop, with a broadband cable internet connection, and a Laptop with XP home, and built in wireless adapter.

He has a D-Link DI514 4 port wireless router into which the NTL cable connection is plugged, then the desktop with an ethernet card is connected (wired) to one of the ports on the router.

He is able to access the internet with the Desktop,but cannot access the laptop.
The laptop cannot access either the internet or the Desktop, but the laptop wireless connection informs him that the connection is excellent,

Hope this makes sense

Thanks for any help on this

**NooNoo** · April 5th, 2004, 11:21 AM

Sounds like the desktop has a firewall enabled (xp comes with one) and/or the router is treating the laptop as not a trusted ip. Is wep, wpa or mac filtering enabled on the router?

**jwhart** · April 5th, 2004, 08:01 PM

Try resetting the router back to its default settings with no wep or anything just to see if you can connect. If you can be sure to re-enable the security settings.

**elduderino** · April 6th, 2004, 09:54 AM

Hi
Thanks for the replies.
I have been able to narrow it down to the WEP settings, if i disable them i can connect, if i enable them there is no connection.
Seeing that encryption is important, it needs to get sorted out.
Can anyone help on this please

**Gollo** · April 6th, 2004, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by elduderino

Hi
Thanks for the replies.
I have been able to narrow it down to the WEP settings, if i disable them i can connect, if i enable them there is no connection.
Seeing that encryption is important, it needs to get sorted out.
Can anyone help on this please

Are the adapter and access point the same brand?

All's I can think is that you have an ascii based wep key on one and a hex key on the other. Even if they are generated and look the same some adapters don't play well.

As for encryption being important: it can go either way.
Depending on the use of the system (home based use, lite file sharing, web surfing/downloading vrs. bank transactions). For home based stuff I suggest mac filtering and turning off ssid broadcast. This will prevent most people from connecting to your network. Now if it were a business and sensitive data was being transmitted over wireless I wouldn't even recommend wep. I would go with a vpn as it is a lot more secure. Anyways just my 0.02 Cheers.