wireless..

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

I just got a netbook. I have no problem connecting to my dads wireless network. However, at his friend's house, I am having trouble. I enter a WED code, and connect, and it says I'm fully connected, but I still can''t actually get on the net. I can'tg even see Google. Please help.

 

[DonIago]

Is your friend restricting which MAC addresses can use their network? I know I do that.

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

I'm not sure. I have a PC.

Are you talking about something else? (seriously I don't know)

 

[DonIago]

Every device that uses wireless has a MAC address assigned to it. You can google or Wikipedia this for more info. Wireless gateways can be set-up to block any device that doesn't have a MAC address that's been whitelisted, in order to prevent unauthorized network access.

It's not related to Mac in the Apple sense.

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

I have a lot of numbers. I'm not sure if thre is whitelisting kinvolved., my dad's friend cna get on with a vry similar cmputer, but I can't

 

[farmkid]

It does sound like the router may have MAC filtering turned on. Every network adapter has a unique MAC address assigned to it. It is a series of 6 2-character hexadecimal numbers. A quick Google search will tell you all about it. To add your computer to the list, you will need to get into the router configuration and find the page where MAC filtering is set up. Turn it off, hook up with your computer, add your computer to the list and turn it back on.

 

[Iasius]

Wouldn't a MAC filter stop the connection from being established? He said "it says I'm fully connected". I'm not sure what happens with a MAC filter, but I would suppose it completely blocks any connection attempts.

My first guess would be that on his friend's router DHCP is disabled or it doesn't work correctly with the netbook somehow. Have you checked whether you have an IP address, DNS server and gateway assigned on your netbook?

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

It automatically configures itself for those numbers. However in Proprties I can enter them, but I still have no luck. I wind up fully connected, but no internet. Could it be a security system?

 

[farmkid]

If the router is assigning your netbook an IP address, then it's not MAC filtering, and DHCP seems to be working properly.

What is the IP address, by the way? It should start with 192.168. If it's something else, then it might still be DHCP or MAC filtering problems. Your netbook may be assigning itself an IP if it's not getting one from the router.

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

I do see those numbers on the IP. It's odd. it says I'm connected. I even typed wtih network key first. It recognizes the connection.

Unfortunately I'm not there now to tlell you what happened. What's more,when I am there I can't get online to tell you

 

[gh4chiefs]

That sounds similar to my problem. I just got an "internet ready" Panasonic Vieracast TV that I had to use a wireless adapter for. And it can't seem to recogonize my network for some reason. I've used the exact same wireless adapter on my Xbox 360 and a blu-ray player for firmware updates, AND I hooked it up to my PS3 after attempting to get the TV connected and it worked fine. So the adapter works.

And my home network is fine. I've had no less than 3 laptops, my iphone, my PS3, my Wii, my wireless printer, etc, etc, all connect with my network with NO problem whatsoever. But my brand new TV? Nope, can't get on.

 

[Lindley]

I also have an issue at home I haven't been able to figure out yet, actually.

Wireless works fine for a few minutes, but then it stops. It seems to stop working whenever I stop using it for active network connections for a few minutes. It comes back when I go into the Network panel and click "Renew DHCP lease". It's really odd.

 

[sojourner]

I also have an issue at home I haven't been able to figure out yet, actually.

Wireless works fine for a few minutes, but then it stops. It seems to stop working whenever I stop using it for active network connections for a few minutes. It comes back when I go into the Network panel and click "Renew DHCP lease". It's really odd.

Sounds like a very short expiration time set for leases your dhcp server is handing out.

 

[Lindley]

Thought of that, but I couldn't find any setting to control it on the router's admin webpage.

 

[Luckyflux]

^ Maybe it is the NIC instead of the router. Is the NIC set to drop connection after X minutes of idle? For the OP, do you get an IP address? That is first. Is this XP? Go to Start-->Run then type cmd to get to a dos shell. Type ipconfig and hit enter. Does it display your IP addy as another responder mentioned above? You can also try ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew. Although that might not work. Also try ipconfig /flushdns. That might help to get on the new router. In the dos shell, can you ping an internet address such as yahoo or trekkbbs? Does it return as good? Or does it say destination unreachable or unknown host. If you have an address but still can't get a page to come up, then DNS might be wonky. With a corruption in DNS you would get an IP addy, but no pages since it canot translate the name to the IP address. Have you tried typing an IP Address into the address bar instead of the name of the site? For the trekbbs it is hosted out of Slipstream which has an addy of 67.225.136.218 If I type that into my address bar I get the slipstream through-portal, which will let me go to trekbbs. What happens when you try that? Also one last thing. Turn off the router and unplug the power cable. Then plug it back in, then router might need a reset. EDIT--the formatting is all messed up, sorry for the non-paragraphs.