i bought a latitude d600 w/ truemobile 1300 wlan mini-pci card from a friend about a month ago. i was able to surf the web for hours using a non-preferred network. I never had a problem connecting and using the internet up until after new year's. the same network now requires a wep key, in which i entered 01234 out of the blue and im able to connect, but the problem is there's no internet! i checked the wireless connection status..everything seems fine except that the packets received is 0. There's no dns or wins server either. the lease obtained date and expiration date are gone..and the ip address is now automatic private when it used to be dhcp or something. i think the main problem is that my system is not receiving any packets (whatever that is)...i would appreciate if i can get a feedback on how to fix this problem.
i forgot to mention that im still able to connect without having to type the wep key because i have the "key provided for me automatically" enabled, as well as the 802.1x authentication. I get a good signal but still can't browse the 'net.
and also, before ..i was able to connect to another network and surf the 'net for free at mcdonald's but when i tried it today..that same network charges me $3.95 for 2 hr use! what the hec happened? i wonder if i need to update anything to get this thing working again..for free!!
jwatt
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Posted January 11th, 2004 04:00
Perhaps you should ask the administrator of the network what the WEP key is.
Jim