Limited Or No Connectivity

Question

I just hooked into a new network, when I plug in direct to the modem I can get on line no problem, when I try to go wireless it gives me limited or no connectivity with an excellent signal strenght. I am Using a Inspiron 1150 laptop with an Apple Airport base station. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks. Chris

volcano11 · Answer

To help troubleshoot this problem, go to Start > Run and type cmd then click OK. In the command prompt window that opens, type ipconfig /all then hit the enter key. Write down the output from this command or select it and save it to a txt file, then copy this output into a reply to this message.

Steve

Chipouras · Answer

It's a Cable Modem, I'v Tryed turning my computer off, reseting the modem then turning my computer back on. It still gives me the Limited or No Connectivity. Im not really switching back and forth between a hard line and wireless, Im just trying to get my computer online wireless.

Chris.

volcano11 · Answer

Is this a cable or dsl modem? Are you switching between having the computer pluged into the modem and having the base station plugged in to the modem? If so, are you resetting the network everytime you change the device plugged into the modem?

Steve

Chipouras · Answer

Windows IP Config

Host Name: Brontasauras
Primary Dns Suffix....
Node Type: Unknown
Ip Routing Enabled: NO
Wins Prozy Enabled: NO

Ethernet adapter Wirless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix:
Description: Dell Wireless 1350 WLAN Mini-PCI Card
Physical Address: 00-90-96-CD-05-B3
Dhcp Enabled: Yes
Autoconfigurations Enabled: Yes
Autoconfig IP address: 169.254.88.222
Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway:

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State: Media Disconnected
Description: Braudcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller
Physical Address: 00-0F-1F-E2-50

volcano11 · Answer

Please answer the question that esquire asked. You are not getting a valid IP address from the base station. If WEP encryption of MAC address filtering is enabled on the base station, then this would explain why you aren't getting an IP address.

Steve

esquire · Answer

Is the AirPort Base Station using any encryption to secure the wireless network?  Try re-enter the Network Key on your 1150.   Message Edited by esquire on 10-18-2005 10:22 AM

esquire · Answer

The keyword here is 'it seems to have a connection'.  Windows often thinks there is a 'connection' even when the key (aka 'password') is out by one character.   From your description, it sounds like it is secured by encryption.  Do you know what kind of encryption it is using?  In general, there are 2: WEP and WPA (or the newer WPA2).  You may need to know which one.   I'm not familiar with Dell wireless adapters, but does anyone know if the 1350 WLAN card driver support ASCII WEP network keys?  From other discussions elsewhere I think Apple favours ASCII keys over HEX keys to deploy WEP.  The difference between an ASCII key and a HEX key is in the number of characters can be used and the length of the character string.  A HEX key is longer and is fixed at 26 characters in length for 128bit WEP encryption.     Message Edited by esquire on 10-18-2005 11:33 AM

volcano11 · Answer

You will never be able to connect until you can enter the encryption key on your computer.  If you don't know the key, you will have to find access to the router in order to obtain the key. Steve

esquire · Answer

Steve, do you know if the Dell 1350 WLAN card supports ASCII WEP key?

Chipouras · Answer

By encription key you mean the password righ.. I have that and I entered that and it seems to have connection.

Chipouras · Answer

I think it is useing encription.. I need a password to access it.

volcano11 · Answer

An enrcryption key is kind of like a password.  If it works then you are set. Steve

Chipouras · Answer

So.. I have the password and its Snow when I enter it, it says it must be 5 or 13 ascii characters or 10 or 26 hexadecimal characters.

esquire · Answer

@Chipouras wrote:
So.. I have the password and its Snow when I enter it, it says it must be 5 or 13 ascii characters or 10 or 26 hexadecimal characters.

Where did you see this message? Looks like you are not using the correct key to access the network.

Chipouras · Answer

When I click on the wireless network, a box comes up saying the network requires a network password. The password Snow works for the apple computers in the house. My computer wont accept the password.

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