Dell1350Wlan & NetGear Wgt624 NO DHCP

I cannot get my Dell 1350 WLAN card to obtain a DHCP from NETGEAR
WGT624. Even when I set ip to static I still cannot connect. My card
can see my SSID. I am getting a strong signal. But I cannot connect. I
have downloaded latest Dell 1350 drivers and NetGear firmware. My
NetGear route is a DHCP client to roadrunner. I can connect to internet
through a wire connection attached to my wireless router and it get a
dhcp address.

any ideas?

"Tbone" <troy.mangum@gmail.com> wrote in news:1122950650.658200.287500
@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com:

> I cannot get my Dell 1350 WLAN card to obtain a DHCP from NETGEAR
> WGT624. Even when I set ip to static I still cannot connect. My card
> can see my SSID. I am getting a strong signal. But I cannot connect. I
> have downloaded latest Dell 1350 drivers and NetGear firmware. My
> NetGear route is a DHCP client to roadrunner. I can connect to internet
> through a wire connection attached to my wireless router and it get a
> dhcp address.
>
> any ideas?
>
>

What IP is the machine getting wired or wireless when you enter IPconfig
/all at the DOS Command Prompt and what O/S is it?

Duane :)

On 1 Aug 2005 19:44:10 -0700, "Tbone" <troy.mangum@gmail.com> wrote:

>I cannot get my Dell 1350 WLAN card to obtain a DHCP from NETGEAR
>WGT624. Even when I set ip to static I still cannot connect. My card
>can see my SSID. I am getting a strong signal. But I cannot connect. I
>have downloaded latest Dell 1350 drivers and NetGear firmware. My
>NetGear route is a DHCP client to roadrunner. I can connect to internet
>through a wire connection attached to my wireless router and it get a
>dhcp address.

You *CAN* connect and already have connected. What you probably
haven't done is successfully negotiate a WEP encryption key. Without
a proper negotiated key, nothing is going to work (including DHCP).

First, temporarily turn OFF encryption in the WGT624 and see if it
works. It probably will. Try browsing, email, etc and make sure
things are working. If that doesn't work, post some more detail on
your setup and I'll make some more guesses.

Then, turn WEP back on, but this time use a Hex encryption key,
instead of an ASCII encryption key. ASCII doesn't always work between
allegedly compatible wireless devices. Hex always works.




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On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 19:44:10 -0700, Tbone wrote:

On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 19:44:10 -0700, MR. TROY "Tbone" MANGUM ("Tbone"
<troy.man...@gmail.com> in the message <1122950650.658200.287...@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups .com>
wrote in the usenet group alt.internet.wireless a big fat question of
curousity:

> I cannot get my Dell 1350 WLAN card to obtain a DHCP from NETGEAR
> WGT624. Even when I set ip to static I still cannot connect. My card
> can see my SSID. I am getting a strong signal. But I cannot connect. I
> have downloaded latest Dell 1350 drivers and NetGear firmware. My
> NetGear route is a DHCP client to roadrunner. I can connect to internet
> through a wire connection attached to my wireless router and it get a
> dhcp address.
>
> any ideas?

Sure. I know exactly what the problem is. In certain situations
(especially when using the recent Dell issue wireless G chipsets in
conjunction with the Netgear access points, an unhealthy high amount of
static impedance buildup occurs in the surrounding atmosphere,
particularly in areas of low and medium elevation (in mountainous high
elevation regions this isn't nearly the case) as I am sure Dell Support
has probably already explained. There a few ways to get around this. Do a
query of all wireless devices, microwave ovens, RC devices and pleasure
clubs (planes, and cars) and garage door openers. You will then need to
place such devices under the inspection of a valid, certified operator of
a high thermal stability micropower voltage reference meter. This sounds
like a great deal of effort and expense but any typical radio shack
employee could probably offer the service remotely for a fee of around 10
bucks or less (or at the very least turn you in the direction of some
inexpensive alternative.

You can try to use a static defusing device by placing large pieces of
Styrofoam on top, beside, and underneath your wireless access devices.
You might also want so smear a small amount of viscous material upon the
antenna and external interfaces of your laptop and access point. This
often fixes the problem as well.

On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 19:44:10 -0700, Tbone wrote:

On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 19:44:10 -0700, MR. TROY "Tbone" MANGUM ("Tbone"
<troy.man...@gmail.com> in the message <1122950650.658200.287...@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups .com>
wrote in the usenet group alt.internet.wireless a big fat question of
curousity:

> I cannot get my Dell 1350 WLAN card to obtain a DHCP from NETGEAR
> WGT624. Even when I set ip to static I still cannot connect. My card
> can see my SSID. I am getting a strong signal. But I cannot connect. I
> have downloaded latest Dell 1350 drivers and NetGear firmware. My
> NetGear route is a DHCP client to roadrunner. I can connect to internet
> through a wire connection attached to my wireless router and it get a
> dhcp address.
>
> any ideas?

Sure. I know exactly what the problem is. In certain situations
(especially when using the recent Dell issue wireless G chipsets in
conjunction with the Netgear access points, an unhealthy high amount of
static impedance buildup occurs in the surrounding atmosphere,
particularly in areas of low and medium elevation (in mountainous high
elevation regions this isn't nearly the case) as I am sure Dell Support
has probably already explained. There a few ways to get around this. Do a
query of all wireless devices, microwave ovens, RC devices and pleasure
clubs (planes, and cars) and garage door openers. You will then need to
place such devices under the inspection of a valid, certified operator of
a high thermal stability micropower voltage reference meter. This sounds
like a great deal of effort and expense but any typical radio shack
employee could probably offer the service remotely for a fee of around 10
bucks or less (or at the very least turn you in the direction of some
inexpensive alternative.

You can try to use a static defusing device by placing large pieces of
Styrofoam on top, beside, and underneath your wireless access devices.
You might also want so smear a small amount of viscous material upon the
antenna and external interfaces of your laptop and access point. This
often fixes the problem as well.