[discobay]

XP's wireless connection software will show you the other networks but I can't remember if it also shows you the channels they are using.
If not, install the Linksys software and run that up to see then make a channel change accordingly.

[peppimimi]

Stumbler shows only one wireless connection - ours.

[peppimimi]

I'll try reinstalling Linksys' software and see if that works.

[jaetee]

DB and others - had a quick question for you on wireless routers:

I have a netgear one that I need to program on: 196.168.1.1, but for some reason my laptop (Apple Powerbook) thinks it is being controlled by some device: 196.168.1.2 and I cannot figure out how to change it. Any ideas???

Thanks.

[discobay]

Sorry but I don't follow that one.

[penguinsix]

Originally Posted by jaetee

DB and others - had a quick question for you on wireless routers:

I have a netgear one that I need to program on: 196.168.1.1, but for some reason my laptop (Apple Powerbook) thinks it is being controlled by some device: 196.168.1.2 and I cannot figure out how to change it. Any ideas???

Thanks.

First...

196.xxx.xxx.xxx

Is that a typo? Most internal networks are setup as 192.xxx.xxx.xxx.

Second, are you sure it isn't at 192.168.1.2? Have you tried to open that in a browser? If the IP address on the laptop is 192.168.1.xxx you should be able to connect to any other devices in the 192.168.1.xxx network.

Go to your Applications-Utilities-Network Utiliity and click on NETSTAT and see what you get. It should give you a nice layout of your network

[penguinsix]

Take a look at the Wireless Routers Configuration. It should be accessible via a web browswer.

There is a chance (slight) that DHCP is not turned on and the router is configured to simply "pass" the one publicly available IP address assigned by Netvigator to the first PC you used, tying that IP to the MAC address (Ethernet card address) such that other machines cannot get in.

There is also a chance (slight) that even if DHCP is turned on, the pool of available IP addresses to assign is set at 1. Thus, the same situation in that only one machine can connect at a time. You will want to raise that to a number at least as high as the number of computers you have in the house.

My advice is to get all three computers in the same room and in the Router Configuration look for the "attached devices" tag (or whatever it is called) and see if the router sees all them. But first check the DHCP settings and available pools settings.

But what do I know...I'm just a lawyer. :-)

[jaetee]

Hi,
sorry, it was a typo. it is 192.168.1.2, but the IP address on the laptop says it is controlled by this device number, yet i cannot connect to it. i have tried resetting the wireless router to factory settings to no avail. is there someway to reset the IP address on the laptop so that it will connect to the device?
sorry again for the typo.

[penguinsix]

You can set the laptop to DHCP with Manual IP address and then type in the IP address for the laptop, or just go entirely manually and put in all addresses, including the router.

However, as long as the computer is 192.168.1.xxx then it should be able to connect to the router, regardless of whether it is .1 or .2

[peppimimi]

Hi all, thanks for your help. Reinstalling Linksys seemed to help. I was able to access IE on two laptops yesterday! Today, it seems that I can only connect them reliably with an lan connection through the router. The computer sees the wireless connection but doesn't connect or if it does, disconnects aftera few minutes.

Any ideas? Just when I thought everything was solved!