Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> Could I trouble you to disclose the maker and model of the access
> point or wireless router to which you're trying to connect?

My router is a NetGear WGT624.

As far as clients, I've tried the Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility and
NetGear's own. Neither have worked.

> Since the unspecified model wireless router works with other wireless
> clients, I can presume that it's not defective.

Yes, it works just fine from my ReplayTV (via NetGear Wireless
Bridge), to my wireless print server (DLink), and my Clie TH55. Just
tried all of these.


> Are you *SURE* that
> you've disabled MAC filtering and IP filtering?

Anything's possible, but I double checked at the MAC filtering is off.
No IP filtering.

> The fact that the
> Netgear card and whatever is in the Dell D620 both do not work seems
> to point to a functioning MAC or IP filter. Try temporarily turning
> OFF encryption in the unspecified model wireless router and see if it
> works.

Will be trying this next, however...

On my attempts tonight (with MAC filtering off, but WEP still on), I
get the following:

It connects and I'm able to get an IP address. This is better than
before (so I'm not sure what's different). I'm then able to get to a
site (e.g., www.cnn.com), albeit very slowly.

Then, the next site I go to, I get "Server Not Found." Then, if I wait
a bit, I MIGHT be able to get to the site if I try again. Maybe.

Sometimes, I can't even get to the first site.

This is even weirder!

All the while, I'm told that I have a strong wirless connection (I'm 2
feet from the router).

If I try to connect to these sites from my desktop computer, they come
up fast and without problems.

> If it does NOT work, then you probably have a MAC or IP filter enabled somewhere.

> If you don't have a huge number of configuration tweaks and forwarded
> IP ports, you might wanna just punch the reset button and start over.

Will try disabling WEP and see if that helps. I'm scratching my head
over this one, since it does work. Only sometimes.