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    Wireless Connection Problem Please Help

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Smalls, May 16, 2007.

  1. Smalls

    Smalls Newbie

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    We just bought a Aspire 5100 a few months ago and have not been able to connect to the wireless network at the house. when you try to connect it says connection unsuccessful and when I go into the network and sharing center on the computer it says limited connectivity. but the other wirless computers and devices are working fine and I can connect to other networks outside of the house
     
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  2. WackyT

    WackyT Notebook Deity

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    Are you MAC filtering on your access point or router?
    What are you using for DHCP (Windows ICS or a router)?
    How many other DHCP clients are on the network?
     
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  3. Smalls

    Smalls Newbie

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    As far as I know the MAC Filtering is not on The router is a Linksys WRT54GS V.5
    my other computer that is connected wireless is a HP desktop and the psp and ps2
    I also noticed it seems to get stuck when trying to get the IP address and then saiys connection unsuccessful but only on the notbook

    The tech person at linksys said i needed to update the driver but It works fine on other wireless networks
     
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  4. blue68f100

    blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Sounds like it's failing with authentication. Try it with out any security. If successful, setup the WPA again.
     
    blue68f100, May 17, 2007
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