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    Help Connection Issues!!!!

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by barney, Sep 27, 2006.

  1. barney

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    I have installed my new Atheros AR5006X wireless card. I'm using XP to manage the wireless connection the problem is its says I'm connected but I get nothing when I open my browser? :confused: Thanks in advance for the help.
     

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    You get nothing because you need to enter the proxy settings (mainly HTTP) in your browser. Get this from the network administrator.
     
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    Anymore more advice from anyone would be appreciated
     
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    ipconfig and post result
     
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    Heres what I get
     

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    Heres another
     

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    well, clearly dhcp isn't working as it is supposed to... you're not getting a valid ip address from your router. tried resetting it?
     
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    yes, you are obviously not getting necessary info from the router.

    remove all security first and try to connect. if you are successful, then try adding whatever security you use layer by layer.
     
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    Step 1) Reset the router
    Step 2) go to ipconfig then type "ipconfig /release"
    Step 3) then type "ipconfig /renew"

    see what that does.
     
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    Ok the routers been reset the set up took me a little longer than I wanted. I have done the release and renew I'm still getting the same error measage unable to connect to DHCP server
     
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    sometimes things can be oddly finicky. for instance, there's a network (wired) that only works for me if i disable the connection in the Network Connections folder, and then reenable it once I've plugged in the ethernet cable.

    At a friend's house, I was trying to connect to their WEP-encrypted wireless connection, and the exact same thing happened to me as is happening to you. I think it's likely that I mistyped their WEP password into my laptop, but I also reset their router, so one or the other was my problem.

    Have you tried wires, or the Atheros wireless utility, if it came with one?
     
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    I can plug in the wires and it works fine I'm actually pluged in now. Same connection problem with the Atheros Utility :confused:
     
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