[X-Newbies] Mac wireless LAN with PC.

[Brian Durant]

OK, it seems that I have the problem sussed out more or less now. It
appears to have been a banal problem with interference. The PC can
connect, but the connection doesn't stay up all of the time. I am
still trying with different frequencies to see if I can get the
connection to stop dropping out.

Cheers,

Brian

On 12/13/05, Philip J Robar <pjrobar at areyoureallythatstupid.org> wrote:
>
> On Dec 3, 2005, at 7:30 AM, Brian Durant wrote:
>
> > Hi again,
> >
> > I think I have pretty much gotten my wireless LAN setup now, but I
> > can't get the #€*! Win XP internet connection wizard to setup the
> > wireless Internet connection properly.
>
> XP has a separate wireless wizard, have you run it or the setup
> program provided by the wireless NIC's company?
>
>
> > I complete the process, but if I open Firefox or IE on my daughter's
> > computer the URLs just don't connect. XP "sees" the wireless
> > connection, can configure it automagically, etc. but when it comes
> > to the Internet it just poops out.
> >
> > Anyone with an idea what is going on?
>
>   Are you using WEP or WAP security? XP may see the wireless
> connection, but might not be authenticating correctly, i.e. you
> didn't get the password right. A way to test this is to see if you
> can connect to the router via a browser using the router's IP
> address. (Assuming that your router allows administrative access via
> wireless connections.)
>
> Can you ping other machines on the network using IP addresses? If you
> can then DNS or routing might not be set up correctly. What does
> "ipconfig /all" from a command line tell you on the machine in question?
>
>
> Phil