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Windows Me and Wireless Networking
Is Windows Me actually compatible with wireless netorking? I have a
friend with two computers both running Windows Me. The main computer is directly connected to a Linksys WRT54G wireless router. The second computer is some distance away from the main computer so to bridge the gap between the two we used a Linksys WPA54G as a repeater. I am getting a signal on the 2nd computer as indicated by the linksys software and a signal strength of 54%. However, I am unable to get to the internet on the 2nd computer. Any clues to what is wrong? The second computer has a Linkys wireless PCI card installed. Thanks. |
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Is Windows Me actually compatible with wireless networking?
Yes. However having no experience of Linksys hardware I will leave it for others to offer suggestions as to a solution. Alternatively contact Linksys. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Scoot wrote: Is Windows Me actually compatible with wireless netorking? I have a friend with two computers both running Windows Me. The main computer is directly connected to a Linksys WRT54G wireless router. The second computer is some distance away from the main computer so to bridge the gap between the two we used a Linksys WPA54G as a repeater. I am getting a signal on the 2nd computer as indicated by the linksys software and a signal strength of 54%. However, I am unable to get to the internet on the 2nd computer. Any clues to what is wrong? The second computer has a Linkys wireless PCI card installed. Thanks. |
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Scoot, it might be worth asking on either of the following two NG's :-
microsoft.public.windowsme.networking microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless Mart "Scoot" wrote in message .. . Is Windows Me actually compatible with wireless netorking? I have a friend with two computers both running Windows Me. The main computer is directly connected to a Linksys WRT54G wireless router. The second computer is some distance away from the main computer so to bridge the gap between the two we used a Linksys WPA54G as a repeater. I am getting a signal on the 2nd computer as indicated by the linksys software and a signal strength of 54%. However, I am unable to get to the internet on the 2nd computer. Any clues to what is wrong? The second computer has a Linkys wireless PCI card installed. Thanks. |
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In article , Scoot says...
Is Windows Me actually compatible with wireless netorking? Yes. The PC of wireless routers and WAPs is just a normal TCP/IP over Ethernet connection. Windows Me understands that. I have a friend with two computers both running Windows Me. The main computer is directly connected to a Linksys WRT54G wireless router. The second computer is some distance away from the main computer so to bridge the gap between the two we used a Linksys WPA54G as a repeater. I am getting a signal on the 2nd computer as indicated by the linksys software and a signal strength of 54%. However, I am unable to get to the internet on the 2nd computer. Any clues to what is wrong? The second computer has a Linkys wireless PCI card installed. I tried to set up a wireless network with a WAP54G as an access point on a D-Link DI-704UP router. Failed miserably. Talked my friend (his network; mine is all wired, and will not be going winless any time soon) to exchange the Linksys for a D-Link DWL-7000AP. Had him up an running under 30 minutes. -- Norman ~Win dain a lotica, En vai tu ri, Si lo ta ~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain ~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint |
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I have installed six different wireless systems this year, using Linksys,
Netgear, Belkin, and D-Link hardware with various mixes of WinME, Win98, W2K, and XP with little to no difficulty. Early hardware displays some incompatibilities among vendors, but much of the difficulty is resolved now with the later standards, .11g and a. Our networking guru, Steve Winograd, and others, in the ....windowsme.networking ng can easily sort you out. -- Jack E. Martinelli 2002-05 MS MVP for Shell/User / DTS Help us help you: http://www.dts-L.org/goodpost.htm http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...t/default.aspx Your cooperation is very appreciated. ------ "Scoot" wrote in message .. . Is Windows Me actually compatible with wireless netorking? I have a friend with two computers both running Windows Me. The main computer is directly connected to a Linksys WRT54G wireless router. The second computer is some distance away from the main computer so to bridge the gap between the two we used a Linksys WPA54G as a repeater. I am getting a signal on the 2nd computer as indicated by the linksys software and a signal strength of 54%. However, I am unable to get to the internet on the 2nd computer. Any clues to what is wrong? The second computer has a Linkys wireless PCI card installed. Thanks. |
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