Mailing List os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com Archived Message #6380

From:	"Ed Durrant" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>	Full Headers Undecoded message
Subject:	Re: [OS2Wireless] Re: Cannot get DHCP
Date:	Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:06:40 +1100
To:	OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>

Stuart Updike wrote: Stan Sidlov wrote: 2cents. This router has a known firmware issue where it drops wifi internet in favor of wired. You need to make sure that the firmware is the latest that is v5.3 .http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/625 I did not see mention if that was done...and if it was ignore me.... Hello Stan and everyone, I never had that problem when I used the router before, but I will look into it. I believe it was Cliff that asked about my router settings. The router is set to provide DHCP without regard for wired or wireless. I have reluctantly concluded that my newly purchased T23 has some hardware anomalies. I can get DHCP on my home router through the wired connection, but not through the wireless. I have tried it at work on their hot spot. No help. I have changed internal wireless cards, but no help. I have even installed my Cisco 350 PCMCIA wireless card. No help. Last night, I swapped HDDs and installed eCS 2.0rc6. No help. It's a shame because I really like the way Silver installed on this T23 and the fact that USB operates properly straight out of the box! Two steps forward and one step backwards. I guess I'll be on the lookout for another T23. Y'all have a great day! Stu Updike Bedford, Texas Hi Stuart - "a light just went on here" - the "magic" of WiFi (and it is a magic, not a science!) is that if anything is wrong with your security settings, it does not always come up with the error message you expect. A connection but no IP address IS one possible condition that occurs. Given that you have tried different WiFi adapters and tried connecting to different WiFi routers, I am starting to think this may be a security setting problem. A lot of the older cards can only support 802.11b (not G or N) and a lot will not support WPA or WPA2 encryption only WEP. On your WiFi router, have you tried turning off all security and make sure that it is set to support all speeds of WiFi - i.e. 802.11b and 802.11G at least? I would not leave the router like this as it's an "open door" for those in range to use your network, but to test you could do this. Ideally at the end of the day you need to be running 802.11G or N and WPA2 security, but if the hardware you have wont support this, then you will need to set it to the best you can get but initially lets see if you can get things working totally without security enabled. -- Cheers/2 Ed eComStationAustralia podcast RSS feed http://eComStationAustralia.podbean.com/feed or iTunes Warpstock Europe at Stralsund, Germany 12-15 November 2009 http://www.warpstock.eu

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