Re: Wireless Networking Issue

On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:32:51 -0500, Dandy_Don
<Dandy_Don.33hpeo@no-mx.wirelessforums.org> wrote in
<Dandy_Don.33hpeo@no-mx.wirelessforums.org>:

>I am looking for any assistance with the following problem.
>
>I have a Toshiba Laptop, Centrino, think its the M60 although not 100%,
>and it has an Intel 2200BG wireless card built in. The system is using
>Windows XP, SP 2.
>
>I have recently moved house, and was promised free internet by the
>landlord, via his wireless router.
>
>When I search for the router, I can see it fine. He gave me a WEP key,
>and when I tried it, it said connected with Limited or No Connectivity.
>I tried to repair and nothing happened. I disabled my Firewall and
>nothing happened. I then tried a different WEP code, which was
>completely wrong, and I received the same outcome.
>
>I guessed at this point that the WEP key was causing havoc, so the
>landlord disabled the WEP key, and I tried to connect to the Unsecured
>network. This caused the same outcome.

WEP is too insecure to be of any real value. See if your landlord will
switch to WPA. If so, hardware reset the router and start over from the
beginning.

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