can somebody help me with basic WLAN setup?

Forum: Networking
Topic: can somebody help me with basic WLAN setup?
started by: jsorhaug

Posted by jsorhaug on May 01 2006,15:52

Hi!

I am running DSL on an old P133 Laptop, and it works great! I never thought anything that old could be that fast!

However, I struggle with my WLAN setup. I am using an ZyXEL ZyAIR/100 wireless network card that my DSL identifies without problems (and the lights on the card are blinking!:-).

Also, DSL recognizes my host's IP-adress. Still, whenever I try to access the web, there is no connection. What could have I done wrong? The network itself is OK, as I am running it by a router on my other computer (WIN XP).

Is there anybody out there would care to help a newbie like me to acess the my wireless network? Is there a link to a WLAN setup guide somewhere in the DSL forums?

-- jsorhaug

Posted by alvez on May 01 2006,16:48

It seems that you've gotten over the biggest hurdle in that your card is recognized and it installs.

If you haven't already done so, you need to start up WLANconfig from the DSL Control Panel. You should be able to get up and running by entering just two parameters - your SSID and encryption key. Leave all the other entries blank.

Al

Posted by doobit on May 01 2006,16:50

Maybe it's the encryption key that it giving you hassles. You need to put : after each pair of characters in the key.

Posted by jsorhaug on May 01 2006,21:30

i've tried to remove any security encryption on my router, but still I can't access the web from DSL... I have started to believe that the problems could be in my router. There are several different options to chose from in the router setup, perhaps some of them are better equipped to linux?

--jsorhaug

Posted by alvez on May 04 2006,23:43

What kind of router are you running? I don't think it's a matter of Linux incompatibility, as at the level the network is running , it's pretty much just one black box talking to another.

Posted by dirtmound on May 09 2006,21:52

Quote (doobit @ May 01 2006,12:50)

Maybe it's the encryption key that it giving you hassles. You need to put : after each pair of characters in the key.

I'm having a lot of problems getting my wifi card to work. Are you saying that when it asks for the 10 digit key, it needs to be entered as 01:23:45:67:89?