From: "Mike O'Connor" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (HELO mail.2rosenthals.com) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTP id 2343516 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 04 Apr 2010 02:03:52 -0400 Received: from secmgr-va.2rosenthals.com ([162.83.95.194] helo=mail2.2rosenthals.com) by secmgr-ny.randr with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.43) id 1NyIw2-0002uG-Mx for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 04 Apr 2010 02:03:52 -0400 Received: from bld-mail13.adl6.internode.on.net ([150.101.137.98]:59367 helo=mail.internode.on.net) by mail2.2rosenthals.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NyIvu-0007l1-22 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 04 Apr 2010 02:03:43 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.102] (unverified [118.208.19.246]) by mail.internode.on.net (SurgeMail 3.8f2) with ESMTP id 19487695-1927428 for ; Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:33:39 +1030 (CDT) X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020208.4BB82BBF.006B,ss=1,fgs=0 Message-ID: <4BB82BBA.3020102@austarnet.com.au> Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:03:38 +1000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100318 Lightning/1.0b2pre Thunderbird/3.0.4 ThunderBrowse/3.2.8.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] invisible home WiFi References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 2010-04-04 14:42, Ed Durrant wrote: > Mike O'Connor wrote: >> On 2010-04-04 12:58, Phil Parker wrote: >>> I have set the correct SSID, etc. as far as the XWlan configuration >>> notebook >>> goes, but my new T43 can't find it. >>> >>> I have MAC filtering turned on and I've entered both ethernet MAC >>> addresses, >>> just in case I got the wrong one somehow for the first try. >>> >>> The only thing I haven't seen how to set is the channel. The WiFi >>> router is >>> using ch.1 - 2.412 GHz. How do I find out which channel(s) XWlan is >>> searching? >>> Is there another setting somewhere to tell it to search channel 1? >>> >>> I have the T43 sitting near the AP that receives the WiFi for this >>> machine, >>> "old faithful" for many years, so I don't think it's a "blind spot". >>> >> Hi Phil, >> >> Does your T43 have it's wireless icon illuminated. I found out with >> my T43-2669(B77) that the wireless was actually disabled in the BIOS >> - or have you had the T43 previously with WiFi? >> >> Regards, >> Mike >> > The T43 isn't like the T61 and has a slider switch on the front to > turn off WiFi does it ? > Hi Ed, Phil, Not on mine - under WXP there is a keystroke combo to turn it on. but under eCS I just had to make sure the relevant Wireless settings in the BIOS were activated.on my model, IIRC, last September or so. Regards, Mike -- Failed the exam for -------------------- MCSE - Minesweeper Consultant and Solitaire Expert -------------------- Personal replies to any of : mikeoc (at) internode (dot) on (dot) net mikeoc (at) austarnet (dot) com (dot) au majilok (at) gmail (dot) com [Please ZIP any attachments, other than GIF/JPG or plain-text] If you are missing a response from me - check Tweed Heads WX status at: http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR663.loop.shtml#skip