Re: Where is my wireless network???

Wild Cherry <Wild.Cherry.34kpk8@no-mx.wirelessforums.org> hath wroth:

>My friend gave me a used Belkin F5D7230-4 2.4ghz - 802.11g Wireless
>Router without it's USB Adapter and Installation CD.

Beware of friends bearing free wireless routers. There's a reason why
he or she is unloading it.

<http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=136493>
Hmmm... does it have the 802.11g upgrade or is it 802.11b only?
<http://web.belkin.com/support/download/download.asp?download=F5D7230-4&lang=1&mode=>
I can't tell for sure from the docs if it supports WPA encryption.

>Network Name (SSID): BELKIN

Change the SSID to something unique. If your neighbor has a router
named "BELKIN", you could easily accidentally connect to it instead of
yours. Change the name to something clever (or disgusting).

>Network Key (WEP/WPA Key): 5aace30f9e8749c09ec22ed621
>Key Provided Automatically (802.1x): 0
>Network Authentication Type: open
>Data Encryption Type: WEP
>Connection Type: ESS
>Key Index:

You really shouldn't be using WEP for security. You should be using
WPA or WPA2. WEP is very insecure.

However, if you're using WEP, the usual problems are either mis-typing
the 26 characters of garbage above, or trying to use the ASCII
equivalent key. There are problems converting from ASCII to Hex, so
use the Hex key. However, even if that fixes the problem, I would
still change the SSID and switch to WPA encryption.

All your other setting appear to be fine. However, I would run a test
and try temporarily disabling encryption on the Belkin wireless
router. If it works without encryption, check the firmware version of
the Belkin router to make sure it's the latest, and switch to WPA
encryption to avoid the ASCII to Hex conversion problem completely.

>I'm sure you guys know all these stuff, which is kinda like Chinese to
>me, but please help because I'm running out of ideas what to do....

Nope. We're really magicians with Ouija Boards and crystal balls.

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