Broadband Sharing - A Step By Step Guide - Page 4

Stuartbe · 08-03-2004, 20:04

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Originally Posted by snodvan

Hi Stu,

Both machines up & running - and I still can't find "wep" despite looking everywhere (well, everywhere where I thought I could do no damage)

O.K. click on start / programs / belkin wireless utility then the green belkin wireless icon in that folder.

In the top box click on the name of your wireless network and then click configure. Tick the wep box and untick the " this key is provided for me " option. Select hexadecimal digits from the first dropdown menu and type in the hex key. When you have the right ammount of figures (26) for 128bit wep click o.k. on both boxes.....

Thats the belkin.....

On the other card (realtek) have you intstalled any software or are you using the xp built in one ?

snodvan · 08-03-2004, 20:14

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Originally Posted by stuartbe

O.K. click on start / programs / belkin wireless utility then the green belkin wireless icon in that folder.

In the top box click on the name of your wireless network and then click configure. Tick the wep box and untick the " this key is provided for me " option. Select hexadecimal digits from the first dropdown menu and type in the hex key. When you have the right ammount of figures (26) for 128bit wep click o.k. on both boxes.....

Thats the belkin.....

On the other card (realtek) have you intstalled any software or are you using the xp built in one ?

Err - confused The screen I get is that shown attached (you may regret having shown me how to do that) and I cannot "type" anything in that

Stuartbe · 08-03-2004, 20:15

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Originally Posted by snodvan

Err - confused The screen I get is that shown attached (you may regret having shown me how to do that) and I cannot "type" anything in that

Hmmm thats a new screen on me... What do you get if you click on advanced ?

snodvan · 08-03-2004, 20:18

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Originally Posted by stuartbe

Hmmm thats a new screen on me... What do you get if you click on advanced ?

Nothing very exciting -->

Stuartbe · 08-03-2004, 20:19

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Originally Posted by snodvan

Nothing very exciting -->

Hmmmmmmmm.... What about profiles... It must be there somewhere - I cant believe that wep is not available !

snodvan · 08-03-2004, 20:22

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Originally Posted by stuartbe

Hmmmmmmmm.... What about profiles... It must be there somewhere - I cant believe that wep is not available !

Profiles seems just as boring

Stuartbe · 08-03-2004, 20:24

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Originally Posted by snodvan

Profiles seems just as boring

What do you get if you click edit... Thats where the setup is going to be !

snodvan · 08-03-2004, 20:25

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Originally Posted by stuartbe

What do you get if you click edit... Thats where the setup is going to be !

Pop up says "no profile was selected"

Stuartbe · 08-03-2004, 20:27

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Originally Posted by snodvan

Pop up says "no profile was selected"

I think you may need to click on the profile listed first then click edit.

snodvan · 08-03-2004, 20:29

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Originally Posted by stuartbe

I think you may need to click on the profile listed first then click edit.

Bingo! See attached

snodvan · 08-03-2004, 20:31

Stu

I'm not touching this until you confirm this is the right one (sure it is) and that the original instruction still holds

Stuartbe · 08-03-2004, 20:33

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Originally Posted by snodvan

Stu

I'm not touching this until you confirm this is the right one (sure it is) and that the original instruction still holds

I think that this will be easier if we speak on the phone....

I am going to pm you my office number....

This could go on for many posts and is wasting the site storage.

Stuartbe · 09-03-2004, 11:34

Just an update for anyone watching this thread....

We got the problem resolved. The laptop network card was looking for an access point and would not enter adhoc mode (needed for a card to card connection). Snodvan now has 128bit wep working o.k.........

The new belkin drivers apear to cause this problem so if you are using a belkin card in adhoc mode make sure you use the advanced settings option.

snodvan · 09-03-2004, 14:32

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Originally Posted by stuartbe

Just an update for anyone watching this thread....

We got the problem resolved. The laptop network card was looking for an access point and would not enter adhoc mode (needed for a card to card connection). Snodvan now has 128bit wep working o.k.........

The new belkin drivers apear to cause this problem so if you are using a belkin card in adhoc mode make sure you use the advanced settings option.

Stu

Thanks for everything. Wireless system works a treat.

There is however just an "itsy bitsy" problem - the second PC attached to the main PC via wire and using ICS will no longer access the internet/ email etc. Mrs Snodvan is not amused! That is "her" machine and she is waiting for emails. Yes, I did check the cable is in place (been down that route once before). All the connections are showing as enabled. I did try disabling the wireless connection to the laptop just in case that would 'reactivate' the wired connection and even rebooted after doing that. No joy. I guess it is just another 'tick in a box somewhere'.

Stuartbe · 09-03-2004, 20:18

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Originally Posted by snodvan

Stu

Thanks for everything. Wireless system works a treat.

There is however just an "itsy bitsy" problem - the second PC attached to the main PC via wire and using ICS will no longer access the internet/ email etc. Mrs Snodvan is not amused! That is "her" machine and she is waiting for emails. Yes, I did check the cable is in place (been down that route once before). All the connections are showing as enabled. I did try disabling the wireless connection to the laptop just in case that would 'reactivate' the wired connection and even rebooted after doing that. No joy. I guess it is just another 'tick in a box somewhere'.

All rwady to sort this one out when you are m8