Yet another wireless question...

So I've read through most of the recent wireless threads and I still can't seem to solve my problem.

In anticipation for my new notebook (and to accomodate my brother's older one), we just bought a wireless routher and a network card for his notebook. I installed the router today with no problems. It's working fine and I can access the internet through it and everything. Later, I went put the wireless on my brother's notebook. I installed the card software and everything seemed to be okay. Once the card was in, I connected to the internet and it showed that I had a full signal running at full speed. So, I opened Internet Explorer and hit a dead end. The pages won't load and it saying that I'm "working offline." I've tried fiddling with most of the settings and that hasn't done anything. The firewall and encryption are turned on, so I'm not quite sure if that's making a difference. On the card itself, the "network" light isn't lighting up even though I'm supposedly connected. I've run the network setup wizard on both of the computers in this network and that didn't make a difference. Also, I've tried typing in the WEP password key, but that didn't seem to work either. Like most of the other people here, I'm completely new to wireless and would definitely appreciate help.

Thanks.

 

The WEP key is case sensitive, so make sure you're entering it correctly. Also, is the connection active in your system tray? There's a little wireless indicator there that will blink when you're connected...you'll also get a windows bubble that will say you have been connected to wireless network xxxx along with signal strength.

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I'll try the WEP key again.

There is a wireless icon in the system tray. There's one for the card and the network, actually. It shows that the connection is active and that I have an "excellent" connection at 54Mbps.

 

Okay, I got my brother's computer working. I think it was the WEP key.

Now I've installed everything on my dad's notebook. The computers are communicating fine with a strong signal. The network light on the adapter is blinking as it should. But the only problem is that when I try to go to IE, absolutely nothing happens. I've tried the WEP key multiple times and everything seems to be in order. I'm at another dead end. Give me your thoughts.

 

3 things to check.
1. check you ip ("ipconfig" in dos), and ping the router
2. check the dns, ping nameserver(dns server) not the router, and try ping good known server like yahoo.com, run "nslookup yahoo.com" and see if it's result.
3. check your software firewall setting, or temporary disable it, and see if it goes through.

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Try going to the start menu and look in the right hand column for 'connect to'. Move over to where it says 'Wireless Internet Connection". You should get a menu listing the available networks. Click on the one that you want to use. If you don't have security set, you'll get a warning saying that the network is not secure and will be prompted whether or not to proceed. I would try getting everything up and running before setting the security features. I have a lot of problems once I start fiddling around with security settings. I guess I have to learn more before before I will be 100% secure.[xx(]

 

and BTW, there is no suchthing as 100% secure.
<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by animekenji