jon@jonriley.freeserve.co.uk wrote:
> We have a Wanadoo wireless broadband connection (on a win2k desktop),
> with a Livebox.
> We are trying to connect a new wireless-enabled laptop (Advent 8109)
> to the internet through this connection.
> It found the network OK, but when we connect we get a "waiting for
> connection..." window. This eventually disappears - and nothing else
> happens.
> A 2nd or 3rd try led to the slightly different "waiting for connection
> to be ready..." window - which felt more promising, but same result:
> no connection.
> In the "wireless network connection" window, under "choose a wireless
> network", we're getting an alternating message:
> First it says "acquiring network address" and tells us we're
> connected. A couple of seconds later it switches to "automatic" and
> tells us we're not connected.
> We have Norton Personal Firewall on the main computer, but we've
> switched it off.
>
> We don't actually want to network the computers - only share the
> internet connection. Or does that require us to set up a network
> anyway? (I have a PCI ethernet connection to another desktop computer,
> not currently in use.)
>
> Any ideas?
>
I did post some links a couple of days ago.
Did you follow the setup instructions correctly?
http://help.orange.co.uk/documentDisplay.do?clusterName=DefaultCluster&prev iew=1&groupId=1&page=&docType=1006&resultType=5002 &docProp=$solution_id&docPropValue=kb4579
http://tinyurl.com/lda3e