obsydion
04-19-2007, 06:16 AM
Hi all,
I am having problems trying to connect to a Belkin Broadband Voice Modem/Router - wireless 4 port (http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=247049) using my existing wireless PCI adapter, which is a D-Link DWL 520+ running 802.11b (a few years old now). The router itself is behind a wall, approximately 1.5 metres away. Using Windows XP's inbuilt WiFi configuration, I removed all preferred networks and allowed for it to detect the router. It manages to pick up the signal (WLAN in this case), but there is ZERO signal strength?! When clicking on connect, it returns an error stating something along the lines of the network no longer being in range, which is expected. However, if I manually input the SSID (WLAN) into the preferred networks, the D-link adapter once again picks up the router's signal, this time with 100% signal strength!? BUT this time when I click on connect, it goes through the process of trying to connect, and after about 15-30 seconds, the 'trying to connect' dialog box disappears and nothing happens.
When I go into the 'cmd' interface and type in /ipconfig, it returns with a message that says 'media disconnected'. I am also unable to communicate through to the router's interface (10.1.1.1) from my browser. I have tried disabling all encryption protocols, MAC filtering etc. and it still does nothing. :confused: There IS a pass phrase to access the signal though, which is 'Abcde1234' i.e. a five letter word (beginning with a capital) followed by 4 numbers. I believe this is a WPA-PSK type encryption?
I have downloaded the latest driver for the adapter (v3.07) but when I try to update the driver I am told that my existing driver is already sufficient/latest. I have just downloaded the WPA supplicant from the D-Link website and will try it when I get home in a last ditch effort to try and get it working.
A suggestion has already been made by the Belkin 'support' people that I should just use a direct Ethernet cable to connect to the router. Unfortunately, I do not have an ethernet card or else I would have already done so!
There are two other computers in the house who have no problems picking up the signal and accessing the internet. One is a Mac and the other a PC laptop. Our ISP is iiNet.
If anyone can help me figure out what the problem is that would be fantastic.
Cheers! :)
I am having problems trying to connect to a Belkin Broadband Voice Modem/Router - wireless 4 port (http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=247049) using my existing wireless PCI adapter, which is a D-Link DWL 520+ running 802.11b (a few years old now). The router itself is behind a wall, approximately 1.5 metres away. Using Windows XP's inbuilt WiFi configuration, I removed all preferred networks and allowed for it to detect the router. It manages to pick up the signal (WLAN in this case), but there is ZERO signal strength?! When clicking on connect, it returns an error stating something along the lines of the network no longer being in range, which is expected. However, if I manually input the SSID (WLAN) into the preferred networks, the D-link adapter once again picks up the router's signal, this time with 100% signal strength!? BUT this time when I click on connect, it goes through the process of trying to connect, and after about 15-30 seconds, the 'trying to connect' dialog box disappears and nothing happens.
When I go into the 'cmd' interface and type in /ipconfig, it returns with a message that says 'media disconnected'. I am also unable to communicate through to the router's interface (10.1.1.1) from my browser. I have tried disabling all encryption protocols, MAC filtering etc. and it still does nothing. :confused: There IS a pass phrase to access the signal though, which is 'Abcde1234' i.e. a five letter word (beginning with a capital) followed by 4 numbers. I believe this is a WPA-PSK type encryption?
I have downloaded the latest driver for the adapter (v3.07) but when I try to update the driver I am told that my existing driver is already sufficient/latest. I have just downloaded the WPA supplicant from the D-Link website and will try it when I get home in a last ditch effort to try and get it working.
A suggestion has already been made by the Belkin 'support' people that I should just use a direct Ethernet cable to connect to the router. Unfortunately, I do not have an ethernet card or else I would have already done so!
There are two other computers in the house who have no problems picking up the signal and accessing the internet. One is a Mac and the other a PC laptop. Our ISP is iiNet.
If anyone can help me figure out what the problem is that would be fantastic.
Cheers! :)