You can enable WEP encryption on your router.. I am assuming you have a wireless router .. you can set encryption and passwords on the console and also configure your wireless adapter card with those parameters..
My new lap top is also not keeping an internet connection when my old one does. The new laptop (Compaq Presario V4000 with integral wireless) just keeps going off line but the old one with the card stuck in the side is on constantly.
with a 20 character password of random numbers and letters, WPA is quite secure, a brute force attack would take months and some luck with decent passwords.
Ok the router is a Belkin FD7230-4 version 1010 and I am currently using my new laptop with intergal wireless. My laptop is a compaq V4000, I think this the information for wireless componant is PRO/Wireless 2200BG. Does that sound right.
Lost connection as I was typing this. Just don't understand why it looses the connection whe the old lap top sitting next to it works fine. Any ideas.
No I have not as I have only had this laptop a few days. I will look into that now. Could it also be that the settings are set to disconnect after a certain amount of time?
No I have not as I have only had this laptop a few days. I will look into that now. Could it also be that the settings are set to disconnect after a certain amount of time?
I have looked on the Intel site and there are lots of different downloads. Do I do the one for my machine? It seems really big at 75mb. Don't want to download that if it is the wrong thing.
Thanks. I think I was looking at the wrong thing. I have got a window of about 45 mins to do this before my son wakes up. Your help is very gratefully received.
With respect to locking my wireless network, do I need to plug directly into the router as if so there is a problem that it is an ethernet router and i have no cables.
You should ALWAYS have the ability to connect at least one machine to a router, since a wireless configuration issue can leave you out in the cold. I'd have a cable handy, they're really cheap...
Right I have downloaded the intel driver and now have a great little icon in my task bar. This seems to be working great. Thank you so much for that. With regard to connecting to my router, I will get myself a spare cable. I don't want to come across as stupid but it will be an ethernet cable and will I be able to connect that to my laptop. it has a port with an icon which looks like monitors in a row or stations on a tube map. Is this an ethernet port?
Do I take it then that without this cable I cannot change the security setting on my router?
Yep, that's the Ethernet port. The issue with having no wired connection is whenever you make a change, say to the security key for the wireless, you are suddenly disconnected, and have no way of connecting again. Also, if you want to do a firmware upgrade, you'll see that every manufacturer's site tells you NOT to do it over a wireless connection for the same reason.
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