Wireless Questions


wireless software on fresh XP install
I had to wipe the hard drive on my laptop clean and reinstall XP. How do I get my laptop to connect to my linksys router again? I tried to connect to the internet with the ethernet cable from my home PC to maybe download wireless software, but was still unable to connect…what can I [...]

Answer Question   |  July 31, 2008  3:26 AM
Linksys, Wireless, Wireless networking
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75 pts.

Wireless software trouble
I had to completely reinstall my XP Pro OS due to problems with dual booting Linux….anyways, how can i get Intel Pro/Wireless back on my laptop without being able to access the internet to download it? I tried plugging the Ethernet cable from my home PC into it but it still wont let me connect. [...]

Answer Question   |  July 30, 2008  3:41 PM
Intel Pro/Wireless, Windows XP, Wireless, Wireless software
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75 pts.

Ubuntu inspiron with laptop
I have ubuntu 8 and need to know how to get inspiron 6400 laptop working wireless. I need a simple step-by-step procedure – I am new to linux. Thanks!

Answer Question   |  July 28, 2008  7:25 PM
Network connectivity, Ubuntu 8, Ubuntu Linux, Wireless
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110 pts.

Windows XP Bridge Connections
i have a desktop, a laptop and a wireless signal can someone plz give me step-by-step instructions for setting up a network bridge to connect my ethernet connection between my laptop and the desktop to the wireless signal being recieved by my laptop do all 3 ipaddresses have to be static, the same subnet?

Answer Question   |  July 27, 2008  6:02 PM
Bridges, Windows XP, Wireless
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220 pts.

Wireless Camera Network Hopping
Recently I installed a wireless network camera in a plant elevator. I am getting a relatively good signal but it jumps ever so often and reduces frame rate to about 1/5th of what it should be. The wireless network in the building spans 8 floors and is a single SSID being broadcasted. The make up [...]

Answer Question   |  August 5, 2008  8:53 PM
Spanning Tree Protocol, WAP, Wireless
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11,205 pts.

WAP Interferes with Network Switches
Recently I got a new PoE outdoor wireless access point. When attempting to configure the device in my office for the first time, everything seemed ok. When I deployed the unit inside the building to test it, I noticed several network switches including the one it was connected to acting up and NAGIOS sent me [...]

Answer Question   |  September 23, 2008  1:25 PM
Nagios, Network switches, Switches, WAP, Wireless
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11,205 pts.

What are the wireless standards?
What are the wireless standards?

Answer Question   |  July 15, 2008  10:42 PM
Wireless, Wireless standards
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5 pts.

Wireless Connection
My friend has a Compaq nc4000 that she purchased from the IT Department at her lawfirm. Everything on the laptop works great except that it does not detect wireless access points. Tried refreshing, reinstalling drivers from HP and ensured the hardware was detected. It shows as if was working properly, but yet we are unable [...]

Answer Question   |  July 11, 2008  1:22 AM
HP Compaq nc4000, Network connectivity, Wireless
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420 pts.

Need a stable wireless router – what one to get
I currently have a D-Link WBR-2310 serving as the outside router for my network, and it likes to reboot irregularly. Sometimes it reboots a couple times a day, causing disruptions for our users who complain mightily. I’ve updated firmware to the latest (v1.05) and it continues to reboot unexpectedly. This is my outside router that [...]

Answer Question   |  February 9, 2011  8:40 PM
D-Link, Firewalls, Routers, Wireless, Wireless routers
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55 pts.

Cisco Wireless 1200 series access point
Hello all, does anyone know how to change the DHCP range that a Cisco 1200 series Access point gives out, the IP for the AP is 10.20.x.x, and it give out IP’s in the 192.168.x.x range, does anyone know how I can get it to change to the 10.20.x.x range as this is the range [...]

Answer Question   |  May 28, 2008  3:49 PM
Access Points, Cisco, Cisco 1200, Cisco Aironet, DHCP, Wireless
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1,025 pts.

Number of routers needed
How do you determine how many routers you will need for a wireless network?

Answer Question   |  May 9, 2008  2:19 PM
caculating, configuration, network areas, Network design, Routers, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Wireless Access Points
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5 pts.

Interconnectivity WLAN and LAN computer on a network
We have a wireless router connected to the server so that all other laptop and wireless devices can access the internet and share printers. The server is on a LAN while the laptops are on WLAN. There’s a printer connected to a computer on the LAN but the Laptops can not seem to connect to [...]

Answer Question   |  April 30, 2008  1:26 PM
LAN, Network, Network monitoring, Wireless, WLAN
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SOZ
5 pts.

Using Outlook 2007 in Wireless hot spots
When I am in my office with wireless intel laptop my outlook automatically sends and receives email. When away from my office in a wireless hotspot I can surf and automatically rcv eamils but the will not send even when I hit the send rc button. Is there a setting i am missing? Thanks

Answer Question   |  April 18, 2008  2:13 PM
E-mail applications, Hotspots, Outlook, Outlook Mobile Access, Wireless
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5 pts.

Windows networking: how to display access points and other computers on the network
I have a wireless LAN at home but am confused about how to display access points and other computers on the network. I use an iMAC, a PC with XP, and a Netgear wireless router. I don’t use any wired connections. What/how should I be able to see of this network from the XP machine? [...]

Answer Question   |  April 18, 2008  5:19 PM
Access Points, Displays, iMac, Netgear, Network, Networking, PC, Routers, Windows networking, Windows XP, Wireless, Wireless LAN, Wireless routers, WLAN
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1,545 pts.

Wireles and the perfect tool set…
Ok… my home network is setup so that I have my two desktops plugged in via ethernet and two laptops accessing my router via wireless. Im using all sorts of programs at the moment to analyse my network and monitor ip addresses, etc. But, I still find my network attached to a MAC address other [...]

Answer Question   |  April 3, 2008  4:09 AM
MAC address, Network analyzers, RARP, Wireless, Wireless networking
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5 pts.

Wireless and DHCP Leases
I’m looking for a recommendation on DHCP and a Windows wireless IAS network using 802.11x. We currently set clients to expire leases every 5 days. However on the wireless network this causes them to drop off the network and re-authenticate if the lease expires mid day. Any suggestions on the best way to handle this. [...]

Answer Question   |  March 14, 2008  5:32 PM
DHCP, Windows Server 2003, Wireless
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245 pts.

Desktop Wireless IP Phone
We are trying to get a desktop 7940 ip phone to work through a wireless bridge/switch that connects wirelessly to a cisco access point. I’ve checked with a couple of product vendors (Linksys) who told me that this was unsupported. They believe that it is possible but couldn’t tell me how to set up their [...]

Answer Question   |  March 11, 2008  8:53 PM
IP phones, Wireless, Wireless networking, Wireless phones
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5 pts.

how can I share my files …
hii guys i have 3com wireless, dsl modem and router actually i know how to share files but its to slow so i guess i have to configure some thing but i dont know how to do it so please can some one help me ??

Answer Question   |  March 3, 2008  3:17 PM
3Com, DSL, Routers, Wireless
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55 pts.

Wireless Topology
In a wireless topology, how would u divide geographic areas?

Answer Question   |  March 5, 2008  3:28 PM
Topology, Wireless
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10 pts.

Wireless issues with Huwai HG520 ADSL device- not picking up the device
A question emailed to us I am currently having wireless issues at a sit which is a problem for me, we have installed a Huwai HG520 ADSL device that was installed by a local ISP, its got a 10 Gig cap and is quite fast, the problem I am having is that there are certain [...]

Answer Question   |  February 11, 2008  3:27 PM
ADSL, Huwai HG520, Network, Network connectivity, Wireless
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16,755 pts.