Wireless troubleshooting

Hello--I am in Nicaragua and I am trying to conenct to a wireless
internet connection with my US based version of windows XP SP2. it
shows that the wireless signal is strong, but I am unable to connect.
Thoughts and suggestions?

thanks

Matt

matthew.bartek@gmail.com hath wroth:

>Hello--I am in Nicaragua and I am trying to conenct to a wireless
>internet connection with my US based version of windows XP SP2. it
>shows that the wireless signal is strong, but I am unable to connect.
>Thoughts and suggestions?

Wi-Fi rules for Nicaragua are the same as the US so you should have no
problem connecting. Since you supplied no information as to the
nature of your problem or equipment, so I can't help you troubleshoot
the problem. It might be something as simple as the wireless access
point requiring an encryption password. This is especially true if
you don't own the access point.

Meanwhile, try your computer on a public hot spot. See:
<http://usatoday.jiwire.com/browse-hotspot-nicaragua-ni.htm>

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150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

On 17 mar, 10:34, Jeff Liebermann <j...@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote:
> matthew.bar...@gmail.com hath wroth:
>
> >Hello--I am in Nicaragua and I am trying to conenct to a wireless
> >internet connection with my US based version of windows XP SP2. it
> >shows that the wireless signal is strong, but I am unable to connect.
> >Thoughts and suggestions?
>
> Wi-Fi rules for Nicaragua are the same as the US so you should have no
> problem connecting. Since you supplied no information as to the
> nature of your problem or equipment, so I can't help you troubleshoot
> the problem. It might be something as simple as the wireless access
> point requiring an encryption password. This is especially true if
> you don't own the access point.
>
> Meanwhile, try your computer on a public hot spot. See:
> <http://usatoday.jiwire.com/browse-hotspot-nicaragua-ni.htm>
>
> --
> Jeff Liebermann j...@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us
> 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
> Santa Cruz CA 95060http://802.11junk.com
> Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558


Thanks for your response, Jeff. Let me try and give you a little more
info and maybe you can help! There is no encryption on this network--
no password needed. When I go to connect as usual, it simply looks and
looks for the IP address for about 5 minutes and then bunks out. I don
´t know what else I can tell you. I am going to try to ping the router
although I´ve never done it before, so any advice there would be very
welcome. Any other thoughts? Thanks again for your response.

Matt

matthew.bartek@gmail.com hath wroth:

>On 17 mar, 10:34, Jeff Liebermann <j...@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote:
>> matthew.bar...@gmail.com hath wroth:
>>
>> >Hello--I am in Nicaragua and I am trying to conenct to a wireless
>> >internet connection with my US based version of windows XP SP2. it
>> >shows that the wireless signal is strong, but I am unable to connect.
>> >Thoughts and suggestions?
>>
>> Wi-Fi rules for Nicaragua are the same as the US so you should have no
>> problem connecting. Since you supplied no information as to the
>> nature of your problem or equipment, so I can't help you troubleshoot
>> the problem. It might be something as simple as the wireless access
>> point requiring an encryption password. This is especially true if
>> you don't own the access point.
>>
>> Meanwhile, try your computer on a public hot spot. See:
>> <http://usatoday.jiwire.com/browse-hotspot-nicaragua-ni.htm>
>>

>Thanks for your response, Jeff. Let me try and give you a little more
>info and maybe you can help! There is no encryption on this network--
>no password needed. When I go to connect as usual, it simply looks and
>looks for the IP address for about 5 minutes and then bunks out. I don
>´t know what else I can tell you. I am going to try to ping the router
>although I´ve never done it before, so any advice there would be very
>welcome. Any other thoughts? Thanks again for your response.
>
>Matt

With no encryption, that means that either the DHCP server on the
wireless router is disabled, or that the DHCP client on your computer
is disabled. You state that it "looks for the IP address for about 5
minutes" which I read to mean that you have pre-assigned the IP
address in your client. That may be the setup at home, but it's not
the correct or most common setup for hot spots and public access
points. Set yours to "get IP address from ISP". I'm not going to
advise you how to setup you client, because I have no system details.
However, I would suggest that you check your settings. You will not
be able to ping the router until you have a valid IP address. Use
IPCONFIG to display your current settings.

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Jeff Liebermann jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> hath wroth:
(...)

Another possibility is that the wireless router has MAC address
filtering setup. Your wireless client's MAC address is not in its
configuration file. The symptom is exactly as you described. You get
a strong signal, an initial connection, but no DHCP assigned (or
static assigned) IP address.

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Jeff Liebermann jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

how exactly can I fix this? You obviously know more than I do about
this issue or possible issues. Also, I checked and whenever my
computer tries to connect to a network, it sends information, but does
not receive info. thanks for any further help you can offer.

matt

On Mar 17, 12:26 pm, Jeff Liebermann <j...@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us>
wrote:
> Jeff Liebermann <j...@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> hath wroth:
> (...)
>
> Another possibility is that thewirelessrouter has MAC address
> filtering setup. Yourwirelessclient's MAC address is not in its
> configuration file. The symptom is exactly as you described. You get
> a strong signal, an initial connection, but no DHCP assigned (or
> static assigned) IP address.
>
> --
> Jeff Liebermann j...@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us
> 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
> Santa Cruz CA 95060http://802.11junk.com
> Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

On 28 Mar 2007 14:31:48 -0700, matthew.bartek@gmail.com wrote:

>how exactly can I fix this? You obviously know more than I do about
>this issue or possible issues. Also, I checked and whenever my
>computer tries to connect to a network, it sends information, but does
>not receive info. thanks for any further help you can offer.

The MAC address filter is in the web based configuration of your
wireless router. Since you didn't supply the model number, I can't
offer "exactly" how to fix this. Look at the configuration pages.
Look for something called "Wireless Security" or something similar.
There will be a page that lists authorized MAC addresses. If the page
is blank, or the feature disabled, don't worry about it. That's not
the problem.


>
>matt
>
>On Mar 17, 12:26 pm, Jeff Liebermann <j...@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us>
>wrote:
>> Jeff Liebermann <j...@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> hath wroth:
>> (...)
>>
>> Another possibility is that thewirelessrouter has MAC address
>> filtering setup. Yourwirelessclient's MAC address is not in its
>> configuration file. The symptom is exactly as you described. You get
>> a strong signal, an initial connection, but no DHCP assigned (or
>> static assigned) IP address.
>>
>> --
>> Jeff Liebermann j...@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us
>> 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
>> Santa Cruz CA 95060http://802.11junk.com
>> Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558
>
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